Word: wietzner
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Dates: during 1993-1993
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Ralph Rackstraw (Joel Derfner) is a lowly sailor who falls in love with his captain's daughter, Josephine (Sarah Cullins). At the same time, the lowly peddler-woman Butter-cup (Jill Wietzner) hankers for the captain (Aaron Caughey). Neither of these longings, however, can be properly realized if we are to honor Gilbert's satirized British class distinctions, and it is this sitcom-like conflict which drives the play. Ralph professes his love for Josephine; she rejects the suitor her father has chosen and tries to elope with Ralph; Ralph is punished. Then, like a lightning-bolt from the Gods...
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