The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance (1985)


  • Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
  • Release Date: 1985-06-21
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Production Company: CBC
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Directors: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald.
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Summary

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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  • Jeff Hyslop

    as Frederic
  • Brent Carver

    as The Pirate King
  • Caralyn Tomlin

    as Mabel
  • Douglas Chamberlain

    as Maj. Gen. Stanley
  • Pat Galloway

    as Ruth
  • Jim White

    as Samuel
  • Stephen Beamish

    as Sergeant of Police
  • Karen Skidmore

    as Kate
  • Karen Wood

    as Edith
  • Alison Grant

    as Isabel
  • Wendy Abbott

    as Blue Stocking
Writing William S. Gilbert Writer
Directing Norman Campbell Director
Production Norman Campbell Associate Producer
Writing Arthur Sullivan Musical
Costume & Make-Up Clayton Shields Makeup Artist
Directing Anne Wootten Assistant Director
Sound Berthold Carriere Music
Directing Brian Macdonald Director

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