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.
Title | The Pirates of Penzance |
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Year | 1985 |
Genre | Comedy, Family, Music |
Country | Canada |
Studio | CBC, Stratford Festival |
Cast | Jeff Hyslop, Brent Carver, Caralyn Tomlin, Douglas Chamberlain, Pat Galloway, Jim White |
Crew | William S. Gilbert (Writer), Norman Campbell (Director), Arthur Sullivan (Musical), Clayton Shields (Makeup Artist), Norman Campbell (Associate Producer), Anne Wootten (Assistant Director) |
Keyword | pirate |
Release | Jun 21, 1985 |
Runtime | 124 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.00 / 10 by 1 users |
Popularity | 2 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
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