T Stands For H.M.S. Pinafore

 

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Today I'm joining Valerie and Erika at Art Journal Journey while we share our drinks this T Tuesday.

This is the tale of the H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera in two acts.  If you aren't familiar with it, I'll provide a brief synopsis.

Act 1, Noon

Josephine, the daughter of the Captain of the Pinafore, is in love with a common seaman, Ralph, but knows she must marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty, whom she finds despicable.

Buttercup, a maiden who sells her wares on board the Pinafore, hints things aren't always what they seem, but her warning is met with deaf ears.

Ralph decides to kill himself because he knows he can never have Josephine.  Josephine sees Ralph and runs to profess her love to him.  They decide to leave and elope that night.

Act 2, Night 

The Captain expresses his concerns and Buttercup offers him her sympathy. He tells her that he would return her affection if their social standing was different. She warns him that things are not all they seem, and a change is in store for him. He fails to understand her cryptic warning.

Buttercup replies:

Sometimes things aren't what they seem. 

Skim milk masquerades as cream.

When Ralph and Josephine try to leave the ship, Porter has Ralph locked in the brig.  He also had the Captain confined to his quarters.

Buttercup then reveals her secret.  When she was younger, she took care of two infant baby boys.  She accidentally got them mixed up and the pompous Porter is really of low birth, while seaman Ralph is of noble birth.  All turns out well in the end.

Please share your own drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I will gladly visit, as will other T participants.  Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.  Please remember to visit your fellow T participants.