As a life long fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, I was appalled at this production which I personally found to be terribly "high camp".
The singers were surely miscast - age wise - and Frankie Howard as Sir Joseph Porter KGB is the biggest piece of miscasting I have ever encountered.
A funny man does not necessarily make a funny part any funnier - and in this case - it fell totally flat as far as I am concerned.
I would not recommend this purchase to anyone who has a true love of G & S - you will be sorely disappointed - as I was.
I bought this to use as a model for a production of this work I will be mounting in Tennessee in March-April 2007, but I will not let my cast look at this production.
I am sorely tempted to throw it in the trash can.... This may sound harsh - but true lovers of G & S will, I believe, find this production unworthy.
The singers were surely miscast - age wise - and Frankie Howard as Sir Joseph Porter KGB is the biggest piece of miscasting I have ever encountered.
A funny man does not necessarily make a funny part any funnier - and in this case - it fell totally flat as far as I am concerned.
I would not recommend this purchase to anyone who has a true love of G & S - you will be sorely disappointed - as I was.
I bought this to use as a model for a production of this work I will be mounting in Tennessee in March-April 2007, but I will not let my cast look at this production.
I am sorely tempted to throw it in the trash can.... This may sound harsh - but true lovers of G & S will, I believe, find this production unworthy.