The Mikado
7.7
“Operetta, Musical”
Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores the Englishness of the satire. The occasional non sequiturs, like a bunch of gentry dressed for Ascot and singing in Japanese, are loonily fun, and no more absurd than the fantasyland Japan that Gilbert and Sullivan invented. The time frame, though, seems little more than an excuse for a smart black-and-white production design.
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Eric Idle
Ko-Ko
Known for
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Lesley Garrett
Yum-Yum
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Bonaventura Bottone
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Richard van Allen
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Iolanthe
Felicity Palmer
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Albert Herring
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Richard Angas
The Mikado of Japan
Also in
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Susan Bullock
Peep-Bo
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Britten: Gloriana
Mahler Symphonies 1 & 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)
Ethna Robinson
Pitti-Sing
No other roles listed
Mark Richardson
Pish-Tush
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Peter Grimes
Comfort
Peter Robinson Director · John Michael Phillips Director William S. Gilbert Writer
First release January 1, 1987 · Production A&E Home Entertainment, Fremantle Media Company
Production
Thames Television
Production
A&E Home Entertainment
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Fremantle Media Company
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1987
TV
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