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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan

Act 2 — THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

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OR THE SLAVE OF DUTY

DRAMATIS PERSONAE MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY THE PIRATE KING SAMUEL (his Lieutenant) SERGEANT OF POLICE MABEL, EDITH, KATE, and ISABEL (General Stanley's Daughters) RUTH (a Pirate Maid of all Work) Chorus of Pirates, Police, and General Stanley's Daughters

ACT I A rocky sea-shore on the coast of Cornwall ACT II A ruined chapel by moonlight

First produced at the Opera Comique on April 3, 1880

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