The Pirates of Penzance

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jeff Hyslop

Frederic

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Brent Carver

The Pirate King

Age : 68 | Popularity : 5%

Caralyn Tomlin

Mabel

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Douglas Chamberlain

Maj. Gen. Stanley

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Pat Galloway

Ruth

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Jim White

Samuel

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Stephen Beamish

Sergeant of Police

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Karen Skidmore

Kate

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Crew

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