Act 2 — PATIENCE
Reading edition
or Bunthorne's Bride
Book by W.S. GILBERT Music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
First produced at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23, 1881.
PATIENCE DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Officers of Dragoon Guards COLONEL CALVERLEY Baritone MAJOR MURGATROYD Baritone LIEUT. THE DUKE OF DUNSTABLE Tenor REGINALD BUNTHORNE (A Fleshly Poet) Light Baritone ARCHIBALD GROSVENOR (An Idyllic Poet) Baritone MR. BUNTHORNE'S SOLICITOR Non-singing Rapturous Maidens THE LADY ANGELA Mezzo-Soprano THE LADY SAPHIR Mezzo-Soprano THE LADY ELLA Soprano THE LADY JANE Contralto PATIENCE (A Dairy Maid) Soprano Chorus of Rapturous MAIDENS and Officers of DRAGOON GUARDS
ACT I—Exterior of Castle Bunthorne ACT II—A Glade