The Pirates of Penzance (1976)

Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
Directed by Michael Heyland
Cast: John Ayldon, James Conroy-Ward, Julia Goss, Lyndsie Holland, Jane Metcalfe, Michael Rayner, Meston Reid, Caroline Baker

"Yes, 'tis Mabel! " On the coast of Cornwall, during Queen Victoria's reign, Frederic celebrates the completion of his twenty-first year and the end of his apprenticeship to a gentlemanly band of pirates ("Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry"). Frederic has never seen any woman other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful.

Theater

Gershwin Theatre · Broadway

Closed

May 23, 1976