The Pirates of Penzance
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.
Cast
Kevin Kline
as The Pirate King
Angela Lansbury
as Ruth
Linda Ronstadt
as Mabel
George Rose
as Maj. Gen. Stanley
Rex Smith
as Frederic
Tony Azito
as Sergeant
David Hatton
as Samuel
Tim Bentinck
as Pirate
Mike Grady
as Pirate
Andrew Paul
as Pirate
Reviews
CinemaSerf
We start off as a band of pirates approach the town, and the citizens all rush to seek shelter in buildings that are clearly made of canvas and greasepaint... I found that to be quite an useful introduction to this film version of Gilbert and Sullivan's 1870s operetta; it made it clear that this was...
