Watch The Pirates of Penzance Online

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The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance Online

  • Genres: Comedy, Family, Music
  • Release Date: 21/06/1985
  • Duration : 2 hours 4 minutes
  • Director: Norman Campbell, Brian Macdonald
  • Production: CBC, Stratford Festival
  • Country: Canada
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Overview:

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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