Word: crowbay
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...scene of the first act is laid in front of the Shorn Lamb tavern in the seaport town of Crowbay. A group of villagers, constituting the opening chorus, are gathered before the tavern. As the curtain rises they begin to tell of the approaching marriage of Constance to a rich but aged baronet, who has been selected by Boggs, the girl's father, as a suitable husband for his child, though much against her will. Alfred Dawdle, young, handsome and charming, but poor, makes his appearance, accompanied by his facetious but faithful servant, Rattles. Dawdle offers to elope with Constance...
...girls who were to have been Constance's bridesmaids appear on the deck in bathing dresses, having swum to the ship. Several very pretty dances follow, and then Dawdle manages to dispatch Rooney, who has also come aboard in disguise, to the captain of the coast guard at Crowbay. Rooney has also been entrusted with the terms of ransom proposed by A. Marlin Spike to Boggs for his daughter. The soldiers make their appearance and take possession of the ship. The act closes with the pirates begging for mercy in a grand chorus of Wagnerian music...
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