The Mikado
In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful ...
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"I have only heard this production, as a record of the show has been sold in the 1970s (and I purchased a copy). Since I have not seen the actual production I have to base my enthusiasm on the recording, which suggests it was a good production, if heavily cut. Certain comedians fit certain great dramatists. John McCabe once suggested that Chaplin would have been wonderful in Moliere's satires, and that Laurel & Hardy could easily have played Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT. If I can suggest it, Groucho Marx might have essayed Gilbert and Sul..."
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Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Mikado or, The Town of Titipu" was their ninth of fourteen collaborations opening on March 14, 1885 in London at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 672 performances.
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In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful ...