Overview
Character Name
Miss Cripps (Little Buttercup)
Show
Gender
Female
Adult, Mature Adult
Lead
Mover
Voice
Alto, Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: F5
Low Note: G3
Vocal Technique
Operatic, Legit
Time & Place
mid-1800s
Analysis
The "rosiest, roundest, and reddest beauty in all Spithead, ”Buttercup is a “Bumboat” woman in Portsmouth who sells wares to the crews of ships that are at anchor. As a teenager, she served as a nanny for infants--including Ralph Rackstraw and Captain Corcoran--and
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