The Mikado
Cast & Crew
Stuart Burge
D'oyly Carte Opera Company:
Donald Adams
Philip Potter
John Reed
Kenneth Sandford
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Synopsis
In ancient Japan, young Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, runs away from home rather than marry the elderly woman his father has chosen for him. Disguised as a wandering minstrel, he arrives at Titipu and learns that his beloved Yum-Yum is to be wed to her guardian, Ko-Ko, the newly-appointed Lord High Executioner. When the Mikado decrees that an execution must take place within a month, Nanki-Poo agrees to be the victim if he will be permitted to marry Yum-Yum first and thus have one month of happiness before yielding Yum-Yum to Ko-Ko. Complications arise, however, because of a law stating that when a man is beheaded his wife must be buried with him. The dilemma is settled by forging a death certificate for Nanki-Poo and presenting it to the Mikado. Upon learning that the executed man was his only son, the Mikado demands that Nanki-Poo be brought back to life; Nanki-Poo stipulates that he will return to life only if he is permitted to have Yum-Yum for his wife. The Mikado consents and all ends happily, except for Ko-Ko, who is obliged to marry the mean-tempered woman intended for Nanki-Poo.
Director
Stuart Burge
Cast
D'oyly Carte Opera Company:
Donald Adams
Philip Potter
John Reed
Kenneth Sandford
Thomas Lawlor
George Cook
Valerie Masterson
Peggy Ann Jones
Pauline Wales
Christene Palmer
Katherine Dyson
Abby Hadfield
Susan Maisey
Marian Martin
Alison Parker
Vera Ryan
Anna Vincent
Mercia Glossop
Beti Lloyd-jones
Jennifer Marks
Norma Millar
Abigail Ryan
Anne Sessions
Glyn Adams
John Hugill
Gordon Mackenzie
Ralph Mason
Clifford Parkes
David Rayson
Howard Williamson
Neville Grave
Peter Lodwick
James Marsland
Alfred Oldridge
Anthony Raffell
John Webley
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Crew
John Brabourne
Hazel Catmull
Austin Dempster
Gerry Fisher
Hilda Fox
Colin Garde
Alma Godfrey
Isidore Godfrey
Richard Goodwin
Betty Harley
Anthony Havelock-allan
Peter Howitt
Disley Jones
Disley Jones
George Minassian
Anthony Pullen
Charles Ricketts
Tony Sforzini
Roger Spottiswoode
Roy Stevens
Edgar Vetter
Paul Wilson
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Notes
Filmed at the Savoy Theatre, London. Released in Great Britain in April 1967; running time: 122 min.
