Arthur Sullivan
3) The Mikado
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The Mikado's son (Nanki-Poo) dons a disguise to confuse an elderly admirer.
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Gilbert and Sullivan's classic musical comedy of mistaken identity comes swashbuckling to the screen with all the laughs, songs, and stars that made it a long-running Broadway smash. This spectacular production adds some contemporary flash to the classic farce which follows the adventures of a roguish pirate leader and his young charge through numerous love affairs and sword battles.
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Ford's Theatre, John Little, manager, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company of London with Darrell Fancourt, Martyn Green, Neville Griffiths, Leonard Osborn, Peter Pratt, Alan Styler, Eric Thornton, Richard Watson, Joan Gillingham, Ella Halman, Muriel Harding, Margaret Mitchell in Gilbert and Sullivan operas: "Trial by Jury," written by W.S. Gilbert, composed by Arthur Sullivan, followed by "H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor," written by...
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Iolanthe used to be the life and soul of Fairyland but was banished 25 years ago for marrying a mortal. Now, pardoned by the Fairy Queen she returns as a beautiful teenager, but with a 24-year-old son, Strephon, who is half fairy, half mortal. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of the rather susceptible Lord Chancellor. For a while, these complications wreck havoc with the proceedings of the House of Lords, giving Gilbert a chance to poke fun at that...