The Pirates of Penzance 1985
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.
- Released: 1985-06-21
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
- Stars: Jeff Hyslop, Brent Carver, Caralyn Tomlin, Douglas Chamberlain, Pat Galloway
- Director: Berthold Carriere, Norman Campbell, Clayton Shields, William S. Gilbert, Norman Campbell
