[The above image is a poster from 1879, when the show was first put on. I couldn't find a decent image for the cover of the 1982 version.]
Summary
Ralph Rackstraw (Michael Bulman) is a common sailor on the British warship H.M.S. Pinafore, and pines for the captain's daughter, Josephine (Meryl Drower). Their different social positions make this impossible...until the odd Sir Joseph Porter (Frankie Howerd) comes aboard with his unorthodox notions of equality. This seems to solve the problem, except for the fact Sir Joseph came specifically to ask Josephine to marry him.
