The Pirates of Penzance
1985 | 124m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald |
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| Writer: | William S. Gilbert |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 21, 1985 |
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| Director: | Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald |
| Writer: | William S. Gilbert |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | pirate |
| Production Companies | CBC, Stratford Festival |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jun 23, 2024 (Update) Entered: Jun 23, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jeff Hyslop | Frederic |
| Brent Carver | The Pirate King |
| Caralyn Tomlin | Mabel |
| Douglas Chamberlain | Maj. Gen. Stanley |
| Pat Galloway | Ruth |
| Jim White | Samuel |
| Stephen Beamish | Sergeant of Police |
| Karen Skidmore | Kate |
| Karen Wood | Edith |
| Alison Grant | Isabel |
| Wendy Abbott | Blue Stocking |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arthur Sullivan | Musical |
| Anne Wootten | Assistant Director |
| William S. Gilbert | Writer |
| Norman Campbell | Director |
| Clayton Shields | Makeup Artist |
| Berthold Carriere | Music |
| Brian Macdonald | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Norman Campbell | Associate Producer |
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