Wrington Drama Club ARCHIVE Pirates of Penzance Friday 4th January, 2002 - page 4

Act 2 begins with the major-general conferring with his daughters ... ... including some thoughtful words from Mabel ...

... the arrival of Fred on the scene gives cause for hope ...

... that he'll be able to help the major-general overcome his sense of shame at having, untruthfully, labelled himself an orphan ...

... and thus besmirched his ancestors' escutcheon ...

... but not even Fred's good advice is enough to convince the major-general he would be a suitable match for Mabel ...

... but then Fred espies the approaching constabulary who should be able to sort the pirate question ...

... and, skillfully negotiating the obstacle of a full orchestra in their path ...

... the rossers get fell in, and indulge in a little tarantara-type vocal exercise ..

... all of them ....

... causing Mabel to pronounce them heroes and urge them to deeds of derring-do ...

... a suggestion producing more tarantaras than concrete action ...

... and more thoughts of bravery from the daughters ...

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