The Pirates of Penzance

Jun 21, 1985

2h 4m

★ 6.0

Overview

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems. Filmed live from the 1985 Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Music

Production Companies

CBC

Stratford Festival

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Cast

Frederic

Jeff Hyslop

The Pirate King

Brent Carver

Mabel

Caralyn Tomlin

Maj. Gen. Stanley

Douglas Chamberlain

Ruth

Pat Galloway

Samuel

Jim White

Sergeant of Police

Stephen Beamish

Kate

Karen Skidmore

Edith

Karen Wood

Isabel

Alison Grant

Blue Stocking

Wendy Abbott

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