When the foeman bares his steel

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Song: When the foeman bares his steel
Show: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Performance: Oct , 2016
Principals:
John Freedman (Sergeant of Police)
Tim Throckmorton (Frederick)
David Schancupp (Major General Stanley)
Kay Pere (Edith)
Kate (Karla McClain)
Indentured to the pirates since he was a little boy, Frederick has known no other companionship save his rough and piratical shipmates. Though he has grown quite fond of them, now 21 and freed from his indentures he has vowed to exterminate them all, for the scourge that they are. To assist him in his mission he has secured the help of the local constabulary. The Sergeant of Police and his men enter to meet up with Frederick. They are full of bravado ready to do battle with the pirates, and go on to describe how they screw their courage when undertaking such a dangerous endeavor.
Quite taken with the bravery displayed by the Sergeant and his men, Major General Stanley's daughters all cheer them on, telling them to go to death and slaughter, and that their brave deaths will bring tears to the eyes of every Cornish daughter. This gives pause to the Sergeant and his men who are now first realizing that they may well be heading out on a suicide mission. They try to maintain their brave demeanor while stoically accepting the well meant, albeit, insensitive encouragement by the women to go to their doom.
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[@martinpatrick1746]

This guy sounds like the late Tony Azito.

[@martinpatrick1746]

Every local production tries to copy the central park production.

[@connecticutgilbertsullivan2348]

Martin, I am not sure what you are referring to. Many of the productions that I have seen, including the Joseph Papp production and the movie do this number much differently then we do it here. While I enjoy some of those, and I appreciate Azito's incredibly elasticity as the Sergeant, I have always thought that the bobbies mocking themselves makes this scene less funny. To me, and to our music and artistic directors, the thing that really makes the bobbies funny is that they take themselves so seriously and play it so deadpan. They are of course incompetent, and not at all up to the task of taking on the pirates. But the fact that they don't know that and that the audience does is what makes this scene so funny. I did not see the Pirates production that was staged in Central Park. But if this scene was done there as it was done on Broadway and in the movie, than I would argue that our staging of this scene was quite different from that. If you haven't done so already, be sure to check out the full length videos of our shows kzbin.info/aero/PLpy6NB5QxjnMAl1dwoMpLVMiRAHOOEx-7 Thanks for the feedback. John Freedman Vice President, Producer, Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society (and Sergeant of Police)

[@Tocsin-Bang]

I actually find each of the Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society's productions to be refreshingly unique. Of course productions will take from those that the producer etc. have seen. It's the nature of things. I have watched hundreds of G&S productions, appeared in a couple and designed for nearly all of the canon.