Pirates of Penzance Stratford festival 1985

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Adam Brannon

Adam Brannon

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@recklessrex
@recklessrex 3 жыл бұрын
20:15 The Pirate King working the words "scene change" into his Shakespearean antics is so fantastically extra I love it! Brent Carter will always be the perfect Pirate King in my heart
@MrKaywyn
@MrKaywyn 3 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to go and see this production in person.
@NoName-fo7mz
@NoName-fo7mz 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody cares.
@MrKaywyn
@MrKaywyn 2 жыл бұрын
@@NoName-fo7mz What are you talking about?
@cyrosphere0154
@cyrosphere0154 9 ай бұрын
I care
@Panwere36
@Panwere36 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best productions of this Operetta ever. Douglas Chamberlain, for instance, captures MG Stanley in a way that even some who are in movies and on TV regularly cannot.
@10cabe
@10cabe 3 жыл бұрын
A remarkably athletic and handsome/lovely cast with splendid voices and excellent enunciation.
@cmontague7333
@cmontague7333 3 ай бұрын
Agreed! Much to like about ditching the marble-mouthed English diction wh sounds so out of place in North American mouths. Just plain Canadian speech, please.
@WillScarlet16
@WillScarlet16 3 жыл бұрын
God bless you Brent Carver - He became best known on Broadway for playing shy and/or repressed, usually tragic characters. At least we have this as a reminder that he could also ham it up with the greatest of them.
@flanplan5903
@flanplan5903 2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why he would’ve made for a great Jack Skellington in a Nightmare Before Christmas stage musical.
@AmandathePandaBooks
@AmandathePandaBooks Жыл бұрын
So agile and hysterical!!
@hortondlfn1994
@hortondlfn1994 3 жыл бұрын
So far, every Stratford G&S production I've seen has been AMAZING - production values are over the top! Thank you so much for uploading this.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
yeah. I wish more productions out there would hire more than one cameraman to record the performance. editing them together to give the audience at home the perfect focus is an art in it's own right. I wish this group performed ruddigore back in the 80s.
@AmandathePandaBooks
@AmandathePandaBooks Жыл бұрын
Think of it.....these are baby boomers. I'm one. That means a classical education. No wonder they are so fantastic.
@marypagones6073
@marypagones6073 3 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! I was so wowed by the Kevin Kline original theater production I watched on KZbin, I didn't think I could be equally impressed by another. But this is a totally different, more whimsical take that's equally as marvelous.
@Hayzito
@Hayzito 3 жыл бұрын
I Love this production! It brought life to an already spectacular opera, thank you 😊
@orion8835
@orion8835 3 жыл бұрын
Operetta.
@AmandathePandaBooks
@AmandathePandaBooks Жыл бұрын
Operetta: a short opera. Light hearted theme, with spoken dialogue.
@andrewferguson5653
@andrewferguson5653 3 жыл бұрын
This was another favourite of mine that year at Stratford!
@lostspaniard
@lostspaniard Жыл бұрын
Taran Kilam voice is so unique. Thanks for the upload.
@johnbartash8473
@johnbartash8473 3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderfully entertaining production.Thank you, Thank your,. for making this available for us to enjoy, best batch of pirates I have ever seen.
@sandramosley2801
@sandramosley2801 3 жыл бұрын
It really WAS a great production! History and memory line up! Thanks for posting!! Remarkable talents!
@reighfreuden6473
@reighfreuden6473 2 жыл бұрын
Their rendition of the Major General's lullaby has turned into a lullaby of my own, I put it on right before I go to sleep many nights. It's super cool of you to be uploading these old Stratford performances, the local G&S troupe here puts on one show a year so KZbin is my recourse finding new G&S plays that I haven't been able to see. These old Stratford ones have yet to disappoint. It really would have been such a shame for them to be lost to time.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
I thought the same, It's the very reason I searched for physical copies and posted because more need to see.
@Sarcasticron
@Sarcasticron Жыл бұрын
Yes, what @reighfreuden said! Thank you so much!
@martinpatrick1746
@martinpatrick1746 3 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of Tony Azito the funniest police Sargent.this guy has the same spirit.
@MixerTWS
@MixerTWS 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading Brian Macdonald's Stratford G&S cycle. I videotaped them on betamax from the CBC telecasts in the eighties, then copied them to VHS when the technology changed, then copied them to DVD when the technology changed AGAIN. It's nice to have them stored safely on my hard drive now. I only wish Macdonald and his team didn't kill Gilbert's greatest lyric, the Lord Chancellor's 'Nightmare Song' in Act II of Iolanthe, by replacing it with a load of senseless gibberish.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
wow that's commitment to their preservation right there! I think I'll draw a custom thumbnail for all the shows I've uploaded btw.
@JohnGisMe
@JohnGisMe Жыл бұрын
47:42 The moment you were all waiting for
@AmandathePandaBooks
@AmandathePandaBooks Жыл бұрын
I love MG!! Hysterical!
@azoriusherald
@azoriusherald 3 жыл бұрын
“Once more unto the beach!” Got me pretty good 😆
@martinpatrick1746
@martinpatrick1746 3 жыл бұрын
Canada Day 1985 the year I graduated from high school this was the best ever Canadian production of the Pirates of Penzance with Jeff Hyslop and Brent Carver.
@theatrenycfan5984
@theatrenycfan5984 3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I watched this in high school (long time already) and it is my favorite production. I could not find it anywhere for years. Great performances all around. Thank you, sir.
@jasonmatthews534
@jasonmatthews534 Жыл бұрын
Amazing production. Fredric ♥️♥️♥️♥️
@TheMadNatter
@TheMadNatter 3 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest. You searched for this just like I did.
@oldcollegegal
@oldcollegegal 2 жыл бұрын
For years!!
@annemodistach3849
@annemodistach3849 Жыл бұрын
My favourite.
@randalltilander6684
@randalltilander6684 Жыл бұрын
Since I started on KZbin.
@LilacKatz12
@LilacKatz12 Жыл бұрын
Of course.
@Sarcasticron
@Sarcasticron Жыл бұрын
Maybe 30 years? What an amazing production - Stratford really knows how to put on a good show.
@mitchellminer9597
@mitchellminer9597 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, my. The best ever. Thanks for posting.
@harrietward2990
@harrietward2990 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this - it was wonderful!
@tedotten4377
@tedotten4377 3 жыл бұрын
So delightful to see Brent Carver and all the other wonderful performers in this splendid production!
@MrTonyHeath
@MrTonyHeath 6 ай бұрын
On reflection, not only was it the best Pirates I have seen, it was the best G&S. Stunning.
@AmberAge
@AmberAge 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! It's amazing. I've never been much into musical theatre but this is great. The only downside is the lack of subtitles (I had to read the script on the other screen because I couldn't make out all the words).
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
I made subtitles for the gondeliers, but not for pirates of penzance. It's a painstaking process with these old DVD's
@AmberAge
@AmberAge Жыл бұрын
@@adambrannon8934 yeah, I started having a go at it myself, and it's a pain in the arse. The parts that stick to the libretto are easy enough, it's this specific version's additions that are hard to figure out by ear sometimes.
@daniellekugler2886
@daniellekugler2886 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up with this recording 😭 Thank you so much for posting!!
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
Glad I could take you down memory lane
@mdfogarty
@mdfogarty Ай бұрын
58:42 One test of a production is how well they work as a chorus with "Hail Poetry!" This cast nails it. Listen to all those parts.
@PlanetBobstar
@PlanetBobstar 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing set pieces!
@dottiedavis355
@dottiedavis355 3 жыл бұрын
I love the gentle sway of the ship … as the pirates gently sway!
@atomik4568
@atomik4568 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video very much - with all its faults and shortcomings - enjoyable staging and wonderful cast. Thank you
@MadameChristie
@MadameChristie 2 жыл бұрын
Ah man, Brent Carver. That hit me in the feels :(
@lucieudem
@lucieudem 2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Thinking that he won't be there when we go back to the Festival is really sad 😞
@ww0yrr
@ww0yrr Жыл бұрын
This is REALLY well done!
@MrTonyHeath
@MrTonyHeath 6 ай бұрын
BRILLIANT! and I have been watching G&S since the 70s. The best Major General I have seen. Damned good band too.
@martinpatrick1746
@martinpatrick1746 3 жыл бұрын
Jeff Hyslop went on star in the Canadian nat company of Phantom of the Opera and Brent Carver was the star of the Broadway production of Kiss of The Spider woman.
@classiccandle27
@classiccandle27 2 жыл бұрын
Pirate King time stamps @11:38 dialogue @16:31 Oh, better far to live and die @46:25 Too late! Ha ha! … Here’s a first-rate opportunity @52:43 dialogue @1:01:38 Yes yes remember Ruth … Pray, observe the magnaminity @1:16:44 With some ridiculous reason… @1:37:26 A rollicking band of pirates @1:43:05 Yes, the trees for very love @1:53:44 With base deceit
@papagen00
@papagen00 5 ай бұрын
I'm seeing it in Central City, Colorado this weekend.
@krobson4849
@krobson4849 2 жыл бұрын
I live in south-western Ontario, and go yearly- to at least one show- a season at Stratford. The quality is stunning for the ticket price.
@krobson4849
@krobson4849 2 жыл бұрын
Although, I must say that Kevin Klein is THE Pirate King.
@AmandathePandaBooks
@AmandathePandaBooks Жыл бұрын
Just read a short bio of brent carver. Amazing career, played 9 seasons at the stratford! Along with all his other stage and film credits!
@theTRUTHgroup
@theTRUTHgroup 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is a very impressive production. High quality stuff. :O
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
if you think this production was great you should check out the others I posted from the same theater group. the gondoliers I think turned out the best in its filming.
@omophagia
@omophagia Жыл бұрын
my childhood!
@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@Erikaaaaaaaaaaaaa 3 жыл бұрын
This version is great but I do wish Frederic would just slow down like 10-15%. He just talks too fast. Like he's in a rush to get somewhere. Like, please take a breath my boy lol I absolutely love Jim White as Samuel though. I don't even know why, he's just really charming. The way he's always screaming. Brent Carver is fantastic too. RIP.
@fredo1070
@fredo1070 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful stagecraft.
@CathyKitson
@CathyKitson Жыл бұрын
No policemen were hurt in the making of this film. I must say Frederick and the Pirate King were very fanciable.
@madgeson
@madgeson 2 жыл бұрын
Superb!
@fandompowerpodcast
@fandompowerpodcast 4 ай бұрын
Researching Doug Chamberlain for an EWOKS project. The man has virtually no internet presence. So I was delighted to find this! 😀
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 4 ай бұрын
@@fandompowerpodcast I didn't know he was an ewok in Star wars! 😂😄😋
@fandompowerpodcast
@fandompowerpodcast 4 ай бұрын
@@adambrannon8934 Logray in Season 1 of the animated series 😀
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 4 ай бұрын
@@fandompowerpodcast btw he is in 2 other productions on my channel. Iolanthe and the gondoliers
@rogerbarton1790
@rogerbarton1790 4 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@Kirkee7
@Kirkee7 6 ай бұрын
Great policemen, choreography and chorus.
@jasminnemcdonald94A
@jasminnemcdonald94A 3 жыл бұрын
We got Canadian Pirates!!
@QUEfrang
@QUEfrang Жыл бұрын
Pirates of the appalachians?
@brianeduardo1234
@brianeduardo1234 3 жыл бұрын
Terrific
@JamesVlogsHomeBeyond
@JamesVlogsHomeBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
I can see something things there that remind me of the Broadway version in terms of quality and choreography
@moosicisthegood
@moosicisthegood Жыл бұрын
38:35 The greatest run in all of comic opera 😂
@johntuffin3262
@johntuffin3262 3 жыл бұрын
This must be the best G&S!
@renzo6490
@renzo6490 3 жыл бұрын
Gaspingly Good!!
@pseudonymous9153
@pseudonymous9153 Жыл бұрын
My childhood
@paulsheppard5648
@paulsheppard5648 3 жыл бұрын
Great let's see them on the UK b.b.c TV
@minui8758
@minui8758 7 күн бұрын
Not a chance. It’d be English culture. It’d help to affirm the English identity. That’s the exact opposite of the BBCs current intentions with it’s program of promoting foreigners to roles way past their competency
@jjamiejackson
@jjamiejackson 4 ай бұрын
I hate musicals...yet this is the 10th x I've watched this video. Can't explain it.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 4 ай бұрын
@@jjamiejackson what a conundrum
@christopherwilson2332
@christopherwilson2332 3 жыл бұрын
nearly as good as the Australian version with the late great Jon English
@keaton718
@keaton718 2 жыл бұрын
Better than the movie.
@alexandriat8399
@alexandriat8399 2 жыл бұрын
These are incredibly well done and so cool to look at!!! Did this company ever do Ruddigore?
@jamesderiven1843
@jamesderiven1843 2 жыл бұрын
I have the box set at hand, and to my knowledge they only did Iolanthe, Gondoliers, Pirates, Pinafore, and their truly-excellent Mikado. At the least, those were the five that were tagged for CBC broadcast. (The box set also has a 1950s Trial by Jury from a CBC broadcast, the link being that Norman Campbell, the TV-director fo these productions, also directed that.)
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
I wish they had! Ruddigore is my favorite. but then I'm a big fan of gothic victorian and the Haunted mansion ride so there is my Bias.
@haethiarmalcolm-johnson9537
@haethiarmalcolm-johnson9537 10 ай бұрын
Long live The Pirate King Brent Carver❤❤
@martinpatrick1746
@martinpatrick1746 3 жыл бұрын
This production is the best one from Stratford..the production in central park ranks second.
@JamesLeaveyConnections
@JamesLeaveyConnections 3 жыл бұрын
This production is ok but bears no comparison with Joseph Papp's Central Park version starring Kevin Kline...which is easily the greatest and most stylish version, ever. Papp was a genius. And his cast was absolutely brilliant.
@russellflacco7811
@russellflacco7811 Жыл бұрын
Is it common/normal for the production of this opera to have such a display of athleticism -so much. Only the second production of "Pirates" that I have seen and both seem to sacrifice music/lyrics for action? Just asking, not complaining.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
Well the director of this string of Gilbert and Sullivan shows was a choreographer, so he probably put more emphasis on dancing from his own bias
@flanplan5903
@flanplan5903 2 жыл бұрын
Brent would’ve made for an awesome Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
@frenchcookie42
@frenchcookie42 2 жыл бұрын
Its shame these aren't the pirates what kidnapped Hamlet, he might have had a better time.
@elisecurran9497
@elisecurran9497 3 жыл бұрын
Long cadenzas for Mabel only really work if she is able to sing them well....
@Gusrikh1
@Gusrikh1 2 жыл бұрын
Has the score been rearranged or re harmonised? It’s so contemporary in many places. The script too.
@JayPabalat
@JayPabalat 3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that The Gondoliers have closed captions, would this and others also have one?
@JayPabalat
@JayPabalat 3 жыл бұрын
Also, someone may have copied this and reposted it on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5PZh6qXdsSWm68
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
I painstakingly transcribed the closed captions myself. it took weeks. I'd like to do other shows if my schedule frees up.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
@@JayPabalat not sure what I can do about that. I don't own anything of what I've posted. except for the thumbnail I drew
@JayPabalat
@JayPabalat 3 жыл бұрын
@@adambrannon8934 Splendid work, very much appreciated. If I could help in any way, I'd be glad to do so. I am also willing to translate subtitles, I am a native Filipino fluent in Tagalog.
@AlejandroKairo
@AlejandroKairo Жыл бұрын
47:45 Modern Major General
@azban9808
@azban9808 2 жыл бұрын
I see Sir Henry Simmerson got promoted
@HubrisInc
@HubrisInc Ай бұрын
Maj-Gen. Stanley may be no less a tactician than Simmerson but he's a better man by far - even though he lies about his parentage he does at least feel remorse!
@danielmoses6626
@danielmoses6626 Жыл бұрын
Is that Jeff Hyslop as Frederic?
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@Eltonlaleham
@Eltonlaleham 2 жыл бұрын
A shame this is not on dvd and also 1985 was not one of my favourite years been aged 16 and trapped in dreaed school
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
this is on DVD, how do you think I got it to post here? no special features I'm afraid.
@johnsarkissian5519
@johnsarkissian5519 3 жыл бұрын
As much as I enjoy these Stratford productions, I regret that the original orchestration is not kept. It completely changes the 19th century operatic character of the piece. The reduced orchestra makes it sound more like a low budget provincial production.
@robertfredricks8549
@robertfredricks8549 2 жыл бұрын
Stratford does the very best Gilbert and Sullivan
@carolinerouth3762
@carolinerouth3762 Жыл бұрын
The sound in this film seems problematic at times.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
Which times? I'll watch to see if it can be fixed
@CharlesHerschel
@CharlesHerschel 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it and look forward to seeing some of the others but . . . a lot of the tempos are way too fast and the rubato passages too slow . . . and tempo-wise it's a mess. Major General Stanley's numbers hit the mark and it strikes me the gentleman has played the role a number of times. Marvelous performance. As a writer I'm not a fan of the liberties taken to add material to a rather perfect operetta. Sometimes it felt like it was very rushed to accommodate added verses and orchestra extensions. I'm a purist jerk so don't think too ill of me. Just my opinions. G & S strove to present the very best and sometimes is good to leave well enough alone.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
I agree, Fredricks role feels rushed so you don't really feel his reverence to his Duty, It could be because they had to squeeze a lot in for the TV special, perhaps the performance was different when cameras were not involved.
@recklessrex
@recklessrex 3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was tradition to add a lyric or two?
@michaeldwyer3352
@michaeldwyer3352 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Too much of them and not enough of G&S
@AdcrofromTikTok
@AdcrofromTikTok 3 жыл бұрын
What’s with all the lyric and dialogue changes? I’ve not heard any change them as much as this before… and that insanely long attack on Tremorden Castle… extended dance numbers… bizarre!
@gaia9020
@gaia9020 3 жыл бұрын
3:07 wait what? how?
@uroghai3439
@uroghai3439 Жыл бұрын
Where is the cover image from? Who is the artist?
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
That was me, I was going to do them all but got real busy
@uroghai3439
@uroghai3439 Жыл бұрын
@@adambrannon8934 It's great, very cute.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
@@uroghai3439 thankyou very much! I'll try to do iolanthe and the gondoliers
@EliteHealersSportsMassage
@EliteHealersSportsMassage 8 ай бұрын
1:37:01 That song is not part of this play
@piecesofme8531
@piecesofme8531 3 жыл бұрын
31:00, high schools performed this strip show???!!
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 3 жыл бұрын
pretty sure the high schools trimmed this part down making it even funnier when it was the audacity of removing just their shoes to paddle in the water.
@kioselnelio4598
@kioselnelio4598 2 жыл бұрын
47:50
@ariaswan5122
@ariaswan5122 4 ай бұрын
This contributed to my sexual awakening.
@drongoguy2
@drongoguy2 Жыл бұрын
Is it me or that the police sergeant sounds an awful lot like Hugh Laurie?
@markcraven8386
@markcraven8386 3 жыл бұрын
What is the deal with this Miss Blue Stocking ? Fredrick's costume (?) was a tragedy.What self respecting pirate king weilds a whip ? Is there some rational reason that demands deviation from the original G&S version ? Copyright laws ? Seriously, the cast did fine with the G&S material, but the added script, song lyrics, and silliness was distracting.
@CJFCarlsson
@CJFCarlsson 3 жыл бұрын
It can get a lot worse.
@pseudonymous9153
@pseudonymous9153 Жыл бұрын
Have you even ever seen G&S before?
@markcraven8386
@markcraven8386 Жыл бұрын
@@pseudonymous9153 Yes. And your point to such a vague question ?
@gabykogut6462
@gabykogut6462 Жыл бұрын
women would never take off their gowns in public in 1870s england. (this premiered at the very end of 1879 in nyc but takes place a few years before.) there is no reason to change gilbert's great lyrics and have the women do something they wouldn't do.
@adambrannon8934
@adambrannon8934 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@gabykogut6462
@gabykogut6462 Жыл бұрын
@@adambrannon8934 lol lol
@gabykogut6462
@gabykogut6462 Жыл бұрын
way too much bs that isn't authentic gilbert and sullivan. there is no point in adding things; g and s is great as it is.
@johnsarkissian5519
@johnsarkissian5519 3 ай бұрын
The soprano’s coloratura passages were not supposed to be funny. Why was the audience laughing?
@alisonrhodes7312
@alisonrhodes7312 3 жыл бұрын
Good production and performances but weak voices. Pity
@nativevirginian8344
@nativevirginian8344 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing matches the version with the late Jon English.
@kenmisterfish8717
@kenmisterfish8717 Жыл бұрын
Good chorus singing, but Mabel's voice is not suited to this sort of opera where it is important to hear her words - she forces too much and does not articulate, spoiling the whole performance for me. I will overlook the ludicrous, over-produced choreography which is too distracting.
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