The Royal Ballet in 'Pineapple Poll'
A ballet by John Cranko
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Arranged by Charles Mackerras
With David Blair, Merle Park and Stanley Holden
[with] Brenda Taylor, Gerd Larsen
[and] Christine Beckley, Jacqueline Daryl, Monica Mason, Patricia Thorogood, Debra Wayne, Hylda Zinkin, Lambert Cox, Bryan Lawrence, Christopher Newton, Ronald Plaisted, Derek Rencher, Keith Rosson
Pineapple Poll like all the women of Portsmouth, falls hopelessly in love with handsome Captain Belaye, and as a result H.M.S. 'Hot Cross Bun' nearly sets sail with a very odd crew indeed.
'Pineapple Poll,' which is in the current repertory of The Royal Ballet, is freely adapted from 'The Bumboat Woman's Story,' by W.S. Gilbert