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5) The mikado
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"Mabel, an awkward and shy teenager, fantasizes romance and adventure after meeting Frederic, a debonair young man dressed as a pirate at an exhibit in the amusement park. Her fantasy is the story of a group of pirates who can't seem to make piracy pay and who fall in love with the ten daughters of a major general."
8) Topsy-turvy
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Tensions abound and the music swells in the story about the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two men who were extremely different in size and stature were even more different in temperament and style. Yet, they still managed to create memorable theater. This is the story of the making of one of their most famous collaborations, The Mikado.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
HMS Pinafore: Ralph Rackstraw, a humble sailor, is smitten with the captain's daughter, Josephine, a woman far above his social rank. When Josephine declares her love for Ralph, the couple decide to elope. Their plans are thwarted, but the lovers are reunited when Ralph's true social position is revealed. Trial by jury: Jurors and reporters gather in a courtroom for a much-publicized case wherein Angelina, the plaintiff, is suing Edwin for breech...
12) The Mikado
Series
Criterion collection volume 559
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his...
14) Topsy-turvy
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan and their collaboration on the Mikado.
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"On the quarterdeck of H.M.S. Pinafore, Captain Corcoran 's ship and his crew await the coming of Sir Joseph Porter, who is going to inspect Corcoran's ship and marry his daughter, Josephine. But Josephine is secretly in love with Ralph Rackstraw, a member of the crew. they attempt to elope but are apprehended. Through a strange twist revealed by Buttercup, the bumboat woman, all ends happily after all"--Container.
