Title: Standard Theatre. First production in this city of an entirely new and original nautical comic opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, composed by Arthur Sullivan, written by W.S. Gilbert, February 17, 1879
Description: Standard Theatre. First production in this city of an entirely new and original nautical comic opera, "H.M.S. Pinafore," composed by Arthur Sullivan, written by W.S. Gilbert. Originally produced at the "Opera Comique," London, last May, and where it is now enjoying a most prosperous run, having already been played nearly three hundred consecutive nights. Monday, February 17, 1879, and every evening (also at the Saturday Matinee), until further notice, the performance will commence with the charming Comedietta, entitled "My Uncle's Will" ... To be followed with Sullivan & Gilbert's nautical comic opera, entitled "H.M.S. Pinafore" ... Orchestra under the direction of Mons. Charles Schiller, stage manager H.W. Montgomery.