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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

124 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

21 June 1985

Country

Canada

Cast

Jeff Hyslop

Jeff Hyslop

Frederic

Brent Carver

Brent Carver

The Pirate King

Caralyn Tomlin

Caralyn Tomlin

Mabel

Douglas Chamberlain

Douglas Chamberlain

Maj. Gen. Stanley

Pat Galloway

Pat Galloway

Ruth

Jim White

Jim White

Samuel

Stephen Beamish

Stephen Beamish

Sergeant of Police

Karen Skidmore

Karen Skidmore

Kate

Karen Wood

Karen Wood

Edith

Alison Grant

Alison Grant

Isabel

Wendy Abbott

Wendy Abbott

Blue Stocking

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