Bibliograph

The Mikado, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Stratford Festival of Canada ; written by W.S. Gilbert ; composed by Arthur Sullivan ; Brian Macdonald's production

Type

Label

The Mikado, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Stratford Festival of Canada ; written by W.S. Gilbert ; composed by Arthur Sullivan ; Brian Macdonald's production

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The Mikado

Oclc number

50666209

Responsibility statement

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Stratford Festival of Canada ; written by W.S. Gilbert ; composed by Arthur Sullivan ; Brian Macdonald's production

Runtime

150

Series statement

The Stratford Festival presents Gilbert & Sullivan

Summary

A spoof of Victorian English society. Presents the story of a lowly tailor's transformation from a prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord Executioner

Table Of Contents

Special features: Chapter indexing of songs -- Two CBC news features: Mikado at the Old Vic (ca. 6 min.) ; Brian Macdonald interview (ca. 6 min.) -- Text alterations (original and revised for those songs which were updated for this production) -- Biographies of Gilbert & Sullivan [text feature] -- Program notes [text feature] -- glossary [text feature] -- photograph of historic relevance -- Interactive menus -- Sketches of Our Town: Stradford [Video tour of Statford, Ontario, ca. 15 min.]

Technique

live action

Contributor