In this version Ruth was played by the wonderful Dame Patricia Routledge. Not really known for her singing nowadays, she is best known as Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. She was on stage with 10 other Dames and HM Queen Camilla a few weeks ago just before her 95th birthday. So pleased to be able to see this version Pirates.
@pjparkwood9277
2 ай бұрын
🌴🌴🗺🏴☠⛵🌊💖🌊⛵🏴☠🗺🌴🌴
@treesny
2 ай бұрын
This was the original production at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park during the summer. When the show moved to Broadway, Routledge was (I believe) the only lead not to travel with it. A great loss: I saw the show in the park, and she was the standout. One of the many canny choices she made was in vocal style: she has the pipes and the training to sing 100% "legit" and did so in BBC broadcasts of other G&S (title role in Iolanthe, Mad Margaret in Ruddigore); here she enters entirely into the loose-limbed vaudeville/music hall spirit of the adaptation, and adjusts her singing accordingly. And note that her solo in the Act One duet with Frederick ("Don't, beloved master") was created for her by repeating a duet section without Frederick's voice. (And I love the way she whomps him with her bag as she leaves!)
@itsaguinness
2 ай бұрын
Amazingly i had never seen this version but loved the movie as a kid since my dad was forever a Gilbert and Sullivan fan. Year later saw a lot of keeping up appearances since my wife loved the show. The neighbor in the show would always say, "shes probably going to sing at me". That part takes on new meaning seeing this 19:07.
@anaihilator
Ай бұрын
I was obsessed with Rex.Smith as a little girl. Not justt his looks but his voice and vibrato always sounded absolutely deliciously sexy to me.....and I thank him because he and the movie version helped spark my love of Gilbert and Sullivan. Nice to see he was sounded just as sexy and incredible live as he did on the recording. I am still astonished he didn't have a bigger career. And now i finally get to see why the show becamw such a hit tbat they actually made it into a film. The comedic genius and kinetic energy of Kline, the superb acting from Routledge, Sexy Rexy, and the angelic tone of Linda Rondstadt. Whoever recorded and restored thank you from an 80s kid who wasn't old enough to see theive version, but the film version has stayed with me forver.
@peter0xi
Жыл бұрын
Despite the video quality and flaws, I prefer this version over the movie.
@deadandburied7626
Жыл бұрын
Its more organic, natural, but not as pretty. Love it!
@mushroomsuzuki3395
Жыл бұрын
yes, yes. with all it's faults, i love this version.
@richardries7594
Жыл бұрын
Qqq!@@mushroomsuzuki3395
@vgfalcao85
Жыл бұрын
I agree. "With cat like tread" is much more effective on an elevated stage instead of a set.
@dottiedavis355
9 ай бұрын
Me, too. I was living in North Jersey then, and bummed I didn’t get to see this. Patricia Routledge is a much superior Ruth!
@tamerlano
5 ай бұрын
Routledge was inspired casting as Ruth.
@joannilson2900
Жыл бұрын
Linda is FABULOUS!! And Kevin Kline is a marvel. My condilences to his knees! YIKES!!! Just a phenomenal cast!!
@ElkSkin
3 ай бұрын
I don't understand why everyone makes such a big deal out of Kline and his dancing and his knees in this performance. Maybe it's just me but what he does here isn't really that difficult or impressive.
@tvaddict6623
11 ай бұрын
Kevin Kline was so funny and amazing in this show!
@Kimllg88
11 ай бұрын
fabulous performnce
@lnl3237
6 ай бұрын
How I wish Linda Ronstadt sees this! She will be 78 in July. She was in her glory here. Kevin Kline made some very touching remarks about his memories of her from this performance during her Kennedy Centers Honors ceremony.
@kathrynthomas6138
Ай бұрын
I was in a production of this in 1987 when I played one of the Major Generals daughters. Now at age 52 got an audition for the role of Ruth next week.....yes I know she's supposed to be 47😂
@ElkSkin
20 күн бұрын
Tell us how it goes :3
@kenefdz
5 ай бұрын
So THIS is the origin story of Hyacinth Bucket's love of singing!
@PrincessSolitaire
8 ай бұрын
Saw this version on my 21st birthday and have loved it ever since. Absolute gold standard when it comes to Pirates.
@seankearns8303
11 ай бұрын
I did this show during my junior year of high school and I had the honor of playing the Sergeant of Police
@Martin-es8mb
Ай бұрын
In the role made famous by Tony Azito.
@gabrielleeast9578
Жыл бұрын
How fit was Kevin Klein! Great performance.
@terezashortall4571
4 ай бұрын
Kevin Kline later said "Pirates" was the most physically demanding thing he did!
@PatriciaReilly-rein1
26 күн бұрын
Feet always outside shoulder width - a hero's stance truly!
@Rick_King
4 ай бұрын
Absolutely spectacular! I saw Pirates in L.A with Barry Bostwick, my lifetime crush Pam Dawber, and Andy Gibb, and it is one of my most treasured memories!
@Martin-es8mb
Ай бұрын
Barry Bostwick Joe Anne Worley and Andy Gibb.
@gpwerner
3 ай бұрын
It's been scrubbed from KZitem, but the only time Saturday Night Live ever had a Broadway stage cast as musical guests was in the infamous 1980 season, which always dared to be different. Enter Rose, Rex Smith and Linda Ronstadt, cramming themselves into Studio 8H with about 20 other dancers headlining performances of four different numbers from *Pirates of Penzance* on the Christmas SNL show. The operetta was totally separate from any of the host skits or segments, which was David Carradine and "Kung Fu" that night! But that was crazy, eclectic, wonderful live TV in 1980 for you. Rose's "Modern Major General" remains the high-culture water mark of the entire 50-year history of SNL, and it would be great if anybody knew where to track it down (the episode streaming on Peacock cuts all that out).
@anaihilator
Ай бұрын
Comedy Central showed that episode back in the 90s. I was entranced and i loved the cast performance of Noel. Great episode!
@JayneCravens
Жыл бұрын
I had not idea this was recorded. I'd seen the movie, but it's a shadow of what I heard about the live performance. I found this and I just spent two nights watching this. Glorious.
@TFZ.
9 ай бұрын
Just found this after having only ever seen the movie... I LOVE this version, but I still ADORE the movie version as well... They are both perfect in their own ways to me. :)
@EG-wv3jp
8 ай бұрын
Often imitated, but never matched. The best "new " Pirates ever! Saw it when they moved it indoors to a Broadway house. Simply gorgeous.
@PatriciaReilly-rein1
26 күн бұрын
We may have been there on the same night! I took my Mom 😅
@MrRraoulof
5 ай бұрын
This is wonderful, funny, very good singing and acting. Open air production, only a few microphones, every word clear. Linda Ronstad can sing everything.
@VidRackoff
6 ай бұрын
The lyrics (and music) are so fresh and fun. Also, Kevin Kline. Grrrrr.
@johncrook2162
Жыл бұрын
I've seen this Central Park live recording before, but wow, this seems to have been really beautifully restored. THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this, because it's a real treasure.
@SeamusLavery
11 ай бұрын
A great performance by Mrs Bucket
@johntuffin3262
10 ай бұрын
It shows what a great actress she is. There is far more to her than you would ever guess from watching her play Mrs Bucket.
@susandpitts
10 ай бұрын
The genius of G&S is shown so well here! Amazing cast performing amazing show! I could watch it all day, every day!!!
@deewesthill1213
6 ай бұрын
Watching the show on Leap Year Day, February 29, 2024.
@braxtonbobo4004
Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how many people from this were in the movie as well
@Martin-es8mb
Ай бұрын
Most of the cast were in the Broadway stage musical followed by the movie.
@Oblivianna
6 ай бұрын
my parents showed us the film adaptation but I was always curious what the stage production was like! thank you so much for posting this, it fleshed out a big movie from my childhood
@guitaoist
Жыл бұрын
Whooaaa grew up with the film so this is like multiverse nostalgic
@nrm77
Жыл бұрын
Imagine seeing this live!
@tvaddict6623
11 ай бұрын
It was amazing- saw it here and on Broadway!
@Kimllg88
11 ай бұрын
@@tvaddict6623 I saw it on Bday and Wilford Leach was my theatre don at college!!! XXX
@tvaddict6623
10 ай бұрын
I still have the record album set signed by the cast!
@terezashortall4571
4 ай бұрын
Oh, how I wish!
@peteralfano4278
6 ай бұрын
Wow. I saw this live!! Thank you. George Rose was perfection.
@Tani4578
11 ай бұрын
DAMN KK had a wonderfull Voice!!!! WOW! Never seen before! THANK YOU!!
@kangadillo
6 ай бұрын
I saw this on Broadway. Kevin Kline was an absolute pisser.
@stephen1137
Жыл бұрын
It was 1979 - November - I was on a flight from Connecticut to Texas on my way to Air Force Basic Training. It was my first time on a plane. I was seventeen. And a recording of this cast in the performance of Pirates of Penzance was a selection on the airlines radio. They gave you earphones back then and you plugged it into the jack on the arm rest. I honestly don't remember if it was audio only. But it was a treat.
@Kimllg88
11 ай бұрын
nice memory!
@Beowulf-eg2li
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@jasonjoyce7835
9 ай бұрын
You must have your dates wrong. The first show for this production was July 30th, 1980 as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. There was no “cast album”. If you did hear Pirates of Penzance in 1979, you were most likely listening to one of the D’Oyly Carte performances. (A more traditional production).
@user-martinpd
9 ай бұрын
@jasonjoyce7835 Sometimes people have ten years to shed here and there
@richardalfredpalmer9660
Жыл бұрын
Gadzooks that was tour de force performance 🎭 superb singing incredible music 🎶 fantastic acting 🎭 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@kennethwayne6857
Жыл бұрын
Been looking for this for years. It may not be up very long but thank you so much for posting! I was lucky to sing in a few operas with the Samuel of this performance, G. Eugene Moose. He was the understudy but went on that evening and happily the cameras caught it. He gave invaluable advice to this (once) young baritone. Thank you and Rest in Peace, Eugene!
@heleneabergman
5 ай бұрын
What a pleasure! Thank you, Joseph Papp
@nycbigbear
5 ай бұрын
I saw the production in Central Park. If not for this production, Linda Ronstadt would be a forgotten "who was that". When she told Joseph Papp she wanted to play Mabel, he told she wasn't good enough. So she took 2 years to really learn to sing .
@M_SC
5 ай бұрын
Whoa
@narabdela
3 ай бұрын
Nonsense!
@FirstAndBestRobin
Ай бұрын
Uh, no…Papp asked her and she said she need to learn it an audition to be sure her voice was right for the part. And while it’s feather in her cap, Ronstadt’s place in history was secure before her run as Mabel…
@larasemerad2605
5 ай бұрын
I have this P.P on DVD and I love the movie. The women in this played Ms. Peacock from Clue movie. She plays one of the sisters.
@JamesBrown-ij1px
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Wonderful quality of this version! LINDA RONSTADT is Wonderful in this! Such versatility! The entire Cast is simply perfection!
@mexico53ify
2 ай бұрын
Chookas to that percussionist! Very busy man!!!!
@HopeflRomantc
Жыл бұрын
When I got to see this on Broadway in the very early 80s, the cast had been adjusted a bit - Treat Williams as the Pirate King, Robby Benson (who knew he could sing? not I, but sing he did, and pretty well, too) as Frederic, Maureen McGovern as Mabel, and Kaye Ballard as Ruth.
@kennethwayne6857
Жыл бұрын
You are so lucky. I remember when that cast was on Broadway (I was 15 or 16), and I very much wanted to see Treat Williams in the role. Years later I became a huge fan of Kaye Ballard and George S. Irving who took on the Major-General for a while. I remember reading that they had to make quite a few adjustments for Mr. Williams who just couldn't do a lot of the physical things that Kline did (who could?). Let's hope there's a tape floating around out there!
@pictureel5863
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for posting this!!
@58christiansful
8 күн бұрын
Superb. I love the film - with Angela Lansbury replacing Patricia Routletdge as Ruth.
@seltaeb9691
11 ай бұрын
I was watching a Blue Men video & after YT threw this up for me too look at! Glad it did.
@PatrickHedgesArtist
Жыл бұрын
OMG you legend. This is awesome. I had no idea this version existed.
@YelenaSkunky
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. I was searching for this exact thing after watching the movie.
@Concetta20
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this! I liked the film version, but it’s fun to see this too!!
@Amphy002
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I know the movie of course but never had the chance to see the stage show.
@dottiedavis355
9 ай бұрын
No idea this was available, though I love the IA for books. Thank-you! And thank-you for the detailed contents - very thorough.
@LiseWaring
Жыл бұрын
Who knew that Hyacinth Bouquet played Ruth in an earlier life? I knew Patricia Routledge was a good singer, but not that she had done any stage singing...
@rareimer
Жыл бұрын
She had previously won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical, in 1968.
@theresaweissinger9796
Жыл бұрын
Patricia Rutledge!!!
@Tenortalker
Жыл бұрын
Patricia Routledge has had a long career and in the early part of it she spent a lot of time in the musical theatre. She sang in a show for Leonard Bernstein on Broadway and also took leads in London's West End such as Cousin Nettie Fowler in 'Carousel' and 'Little Mary Sunshine.' There are lots of recordings of her singing songs from shows - notably the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music for us to enjoy too. .
@ThePsho
10 ай бұрын
Emmet would have been...impressed actually.
@exdejesus
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for providing this! A true joy!
@petersilktube
Жыл бұрын
It's a fun enough version and I'll always have a bit of a soft spot to it as the film was my first G&S experience. I stopped on it while randomly browsing channels and was surprised at how well both the humour and music held up and wondered how closely it stuck to the original (quite closely, it turned out, except in the orchestral arrangements). That led me to seek out other ones. It's fun to see this live staging. The leads are all still great but now having seen more traditional stagings these instruments are fairly hard to listen to!
@tg4941
5 күн бұрын
Always loved this with Kevin Kline. I just wonder if the audience watching must have had glue on their bottoms although they obviously loved it. Different times I suppose. Fantastic to see live version.
@charlesajones77
Жыл бұрын
So they do do the verses that the movie cuts out. I'd often wondered if this was the case. I'm guessing that they did record the missing verses for the movie, but they got edited out. For the most part, I can understand why. The second verse of the Major General's song is almost nothing but references no one today would get.
@stevehinnenkamp5625
5 ай бұрын
More enjoyable than ever. The American adapters understood, admired, G & S. The production is tremendous. Thank you!
@davidkellogg1011
6 ай бұрын
I saw this with Treat Williams as the Pirate King. ......what fun
@cke081760
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!!
@deewesthill1213
6 ай бұрын
The tune of the Pirate King song inspired the "Popeye" cartoon theme song.
@dahmage
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting!
@sworrall43
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful thank you
@MrButtonpresser
3 ай бұрын
What an absolute gem, thanks for the upload.
@michaelmanning5379
6 ай бұрын
I saw this on Broadway, same cast except Estelle Parsons was Ruth.
@tomshea8382
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. I'm a G&S stan my whole life, so this version has its pleasures (great Kevin Kline, George Rose, Patricia Routledge) and problems (those awful fucking sledgehammer orchestrations, the ensemble being directed to overact at every opportunity).
@peterwhyte-zl1kv
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps you miss the point. They portray an amateur performance such as many of us enjoyed, with all its clunkiness, performed by a cast of professionals, who get the idea and amplify it with humour. The band is perfect.
@tomshea8382
Жыл бұрын
@@peterwhyte-zl1kv "They portray an amateur performance" makes no sense at all. No they don't.
@peterwhyte-zl1kv
Жыл бұрын
@@tomshea8382 OK, then you will continue to miss the humor of this performance. Gilbert said of his comic operas that they should portray a ridiculous situation in a completely serious way. Get it?
@tomshea8382
Жыл бұрын
@@peterwhyte-zl1kv No. Please explain it some more. Only put down your fucking nose; I'd like to see the sunlight sometime very soon.
@randysills4418
Жыл бұрын
I really dislike the orchestration!
@the_dionysus_cabin
Жыл бұрын
wait... isn't Sorry Her Lot from H.M.S. Pinafore? Why is it in here then...
@kennethwayne6857
Жыл бұрын
My understanding is that Linda Ronstadt wanted to do it and they indulged her.
@ianbromelow5640
Жыл бұрын
The Pirate King's patter song is from Ruddigore, too! A certain amount of licence was taken in this production! :D
@siechamontillado
6 ай бұрын
Blue15bomber doing God's work.
@MariaAntona279
7 ай бұрын
The changes they made for the movie where nessisary for what was cut. Both are great for their respective mediums. The stage show has some weird pacing though. The fast talking but slow tempoed songs are jaring.
@louisecozier8581
4 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this version. Frederick, Ruth, Pirate King and the Major General were superb. Not keen on ladies costumes though and sorry but Mabel's wig was not good! Also I was disappointed with 'A Policeman's Lot'. Good acting but prefer a more traditional take on the main policeman. I have seen it many times and although I seem critical as I say I did really enjoy it.
@robbiehagberg3515
Жыл бұрын
Robbie Hagberg was a good day for you you too much all the way home now and can take the kids out of school I think I have to be just like you want to do for a while but I didn't know what to do you can vote for him Matt Elias what I lost my mind to get anything 😮done by the end of a
@rickstalentedtongue910
4 ай бұрын
what the hell bro??????
@randyventresca4152
11 ай бұрын
This is great but I prefer the movie version.
@michaelmayoh656
5 ай бұрын
Oh no you can't beat a live performance
@58christiansful
8 күн бұрын
@@michaelmayoh656 Oh but you can! More accomplished and more polished. (This is wonderful too.)
@timelordvictorious
9 ай бұрын
everyone is good in this but the head policeman is terrible. not sure what English voice he was attempting
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