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The Pirates of Penzance (1985)
Brent Carver stars as the swashbuckling Pirate King in the famous Stratford Festival's rollicking production of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic that pits British bobbles against unlikely pirates on the Cornish coast. Sullivan regarded this operetta - a hit ever since its first production in New York in 1879 - as the best comedy he composed. He even said of his collaborator, "The libretto is ingenious, clever, wonderfully fun in parts and sometimes brilliant in dialogue - beautifully written for music, as is all Gilbert does." Indeed, audiences will find the music every bit a match for the lyrics, with the genius of the score lying in its parody of grand opera. Filmed in 1985 at the world-famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
Updated Apr 25 2015
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Cast
Pat Galloway
Ruth
Jeff Hyslop
Frederic
Caralyn Tomlin
Mabel
Douglas Chamberlain
Maj. Gen. Stanley
Jim White
Samuel
Stephen Beamish
Sergeant of Police
Crew
Arthur Sullivan
Musical
William S. Gilbert
Writer
Norman Campbell
Director
Norman Campbell
Associate Producer
Clayton Shields
Makeup Artist
Anne Wootten
Assistant Director
Berthold Carriere
Music
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