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The pirates of Penzance [videorecording] / Joseph Papp presents ; libretto by W.S. Gilbert ; music by Arthur Sullivan ; produced by Joseph Papp ; directed by Joshua White ; directed for the stage by Wilford Leach ; a New York Shakespeare Festival production.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: D2642 | KulturSeries: Broadway theatre archivePublication details: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive, [2002]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0769796427
  • 9780769796420
Other title:
  • Title on container: Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance
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Contents:
Act one. Pour, o pour the pirate sherry ; When Frederic was a little lad ; Oh, better far to live and die ; Oh, false one, you have deceived me! ; Climbing over Rocky Mountain ; Stop, ladies, pray! ; Oh, is there not one maiden breast ; Poor wandering one ; What ought we to do? ; How beautifully blue the sky ; Stay, we must not lose our senses ; Hold, monsters! ; I am the very model of a modern Major-General ; Oh, men of dark and dismal fate -- Act two. Oh, dry the glistening tear ; Then Frederic ; When the foreman bares his steel ; Now for the pirates' lair! ; When you had left our pirate fold ; Ruddigore. My eyes are fully open ; Away, away! My heart's on fire ; All is prepared ; Stay, Frederic, stay! ; H.M.S. Pinafore. Sorry her lot ; No, I am brave ; When a felon's not engaged in his employment ; A rollicking band of pirates we ; With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal ; Hush, hush! Not a word ; Sighing softly to the river ; Finale.
Production credits:
  • Orchestrations and music direction, William Elliott ; choreography, Graciela Daniele ; costumes, Patricia McGourty ; editor, Ken Gutstein.
Cast: Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Patricia Routledge, Rex Smith, Tony Azito.Summary: Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous and comedic operatic tale of Federic, a "slave to duty" pirate, and the lowly band of "orphaned" pirates, is captured in all its fun and glory in this never before released production.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD MUSIC Pirates Available 33111006703553
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Broadway adaption of Gilbert and Sullivan's famed operetta is presented in this lively musical. It is the tale of a journeyman pirate who has just come of age and decides he wants to go straight. Unfortunately, his mentor, the king of the pirates, has other things in mind. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

Act one. Pour, o pour the pirate sherry ; When Frederic was a little lad ; Oh, better far to live and die ; Oh, false one, you have deceived me! ; Climbing over Rocky Mountain ; Stop, ladies, pray! ; Oh, is there not one maiden breast ; Poor wandering one ; What ought we to do? ; How beautifully blue the sky ; Stay, we must not lose our senses ; Hold, monsters! ; I am the very model of a modern Major-General ; Oh, men of dark and dismal fate -- Act two. Oh, dry the glistening tear ; Then Frederic ; When the foreman bares his steel ; Now for the pirates' lair! ; When you had left our pirate fold ; Ruddigore. My eyes are fully open ; Away, away! My heart's on fire ; All is prepared ; Stay, Frederic, stay! ; H.M.S. Pinafore. Sorry her lot ; No, I am brave ; When a felon's not engaged in his employment ; A rollicking band of pirates we ; With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal ; Hush, hush! Not a word ; Sighing softly to the river ; Finale.

Orchestrations and music direction, William Elliott ; choreography, Graciela Daniele ; costumes, Patricia McGourty ; editor, Ken Gutstein.

Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Patricia Routledge, Rex Smith, Tony Azito.

Recorded live at the Delacorte Theater, as part of the public theater/New York Shakespeare Festival's annual Shakespeare in the Park, Summer 1980.

Gilbert and Sullivan's raucous and comedic operatic tale of Federic, a "slave to duty" pirate, and the lowly band of "orphaned" pirates, is captured in all its fun and glory in this never before released production.

DVD; NTSC, All region; full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital Stereo sound.

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