[Dragaera] HMS Pinafore reference in Phoenix?

[Jon Lincicum]

I was listening to the 1968 D'Oyly Carte recording of /H.M.S. Pinafore/ 
today when I realized the captain's name in that show was very similar 
to a character from /Phoenix/.

The name of Captain "Corcoran" of the H.M.S. Pinafore (and a right good 
captain he) seems very similar to King Corcor'n of Greenaere.

Thinking "someone must have commented on this previously", I ran to the 
Cracks and Shards "Jokes & Allusions" page, and found nothing listed. I 
searched the list archives as well, and came up empty, but I do know 
that the archives have had occasional problems over the years, and this 
discussion may simply have been lost in a server crash.

Is this a coincidence, or a reference?

If valid, is it possible that Phoenix contains other H.M.S. Pinafore 
(and/or more generic Gilbert & Sullivan) references to be found, the way 
Hamlet quotes have been turning up in /Athyra/? Or is this just a 
one-off gag?

Jon

Well give three cheers and one cheer more for the well-bred captain of 
the Pinafore!
Yes, give three cheers and one cheer more for the captain of the Pinafore!