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Additional authors

1. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
2. Universal Pictures Company, producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (12 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. Clips from the motion picture version of the musical The pirates of Penzance. The clips were intended for use on television.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Uniform title

1. Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)

Subject

1. Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)
2. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
3. Musicals
4. Motion pictures > 20th century > United States
5. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Pirates of Penzance
6. Trailers and promo's

Genre/Form

1. Trailers and promo's.
2. Musicals.

Contents

1. Clip #1: On the beach -- Clip #2: Rex/Elvis -- Clip #3 Pirate king -- Clip #4: Poor wandering one -- Clip #5: Top hat dance.

Call number

1. NCOX 5342

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Contents, credits and title from tape container.
3. Tape not viewed.
4. Also cataloged in NCOX 5340.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Biography (note)

1. The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. The show opened during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 movie version released by Universal Pictures.

Title

1. Pirates [of Penzance] movie clips [videorecording] / produced by Universal Pictures Company.

Imprint

1. California, 1983.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Biography

1. The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. The show opened during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 movie version released by Universal Pictures.

Local note

1. Duplicate tape available at ReCAP. See summary list of item records in staff CATNYP.

Added author

1. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
2. Universal Pictures Company, producer.

Added title

1. Pirates of Penzance (Motion picture)

Research call number

1. NCOX 5342