Context:
composed by Author Sullivan and dramatised by W.S. Gilbert in the 18th century it was written as a comic light opera about the British navy at that time

Characters:
-The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, first lord Admiralty
-Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore
-Ralph Rackstraw, Seaman on the H.M.S Pinafore
-Dick Deadeye, Seaman on the H.M.S. Pinafore
-Bill Bobstay, Boatswain
-Bob Becket, Boatswain's Mate
-Josephine, The Captain's Daughter
-Cousin Hebe, Sir Joseph's First Cousin
-Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup), A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman
-Chorus of First Lord's Sisters, His Cousins, His Aunts, Sailors, marines, etc.