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The Pirates of Penzance

RomanceAdventureComedy
8.0·2006·1h 52m

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 y...

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Cast

Anthony Warlow

Anthony Warlow

Pirate King

David Hobson

David Hobson

Frederic

John Bolton-Wood

John Bolton-Wood

General Stanley

Suzanne Johnson

Suzanne Johnson

Ruth

Taryn Fiebig

Taryn Fiebig

Mabel

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Richard Alexander

Sergeant of Police

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Andrew Brunsdon

Samuel

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Dominica Matthews

Edith

DIRECTOR

Bruce Best

OVERVIEW

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. Opera Australia's 2006 rendition of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera.