The mikado [videorecording] / Thames Television in association with Clereical Medical Investment Group presents The English National Opera ; written by William S. Gilbert ; music by Arthur Sullivan ; produced and directed by John Michael Phillips.

Town of Titipu / DVD (other title)
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado / DVD (portion title)

Bottone, Bonaventura. (Added Author). Garrett, Lesley, 1955- (Added Author). Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 Mikado. (Added Author). Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 Mikado. (Added Author). Idle, Eric, (Added Author). Idle, Eric. (Added Author). Palmer, Felicity. (Added Author). Phillips, John Michael. (Added Author). Robinson, Peter, 1949- (Added Author). Robinson, Peter. (Added Author). Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900 Mikado. (Added Author). Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 Mikado (Added Author). Van Allan, Richard. (Added Author). A & E Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). New Video Group. (Added Author).

Summary:

The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime of flirting, but in a strange turn of events is instead named "Lord High Executioner." A delightful farce ensues as Ko-Ko can't behead anyone without first cutting off his own head. But by the second act, the Mikado demands an execution and Ko-Ko must delicately sing and dance his way around a messy situation involving the Mikado's son and his secret love Yum Yum.

Record details

ISBN: 0767086325
ISBN: 9780767086325
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen
Publisher: [United States] : A&E Home Video : [2005]
Distributor: Distributed by New Video, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released in 1987. Special features: A source of innocent merriment: "The making of the Mikado"; downloadable Mikado libretto; cast biographies. Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music conductor, Peter Robinson.
Participant or Performer Note:	Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allen, Felicity Palmer.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language Note:	Closed captioned.