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.
Title | The Pirates of Penzance |
Companies | CBC, Stratford Festival |
Countries | Canada |
Keywords | pirate |

Jeff Hyslop
Frederic
Brent Carver
The Pirate KingCaralyn Tomlin
MabelDouglas Chamberlain
Maj. Gen. StanleyPat Galloway
RuthJim White
SamuelStephen Beamish
Sergeant of PoliceKaren Skidmore
KateKaren Wood
EdithAlison Grant
Isabel