(The Mikado)

Content: Jonathan Miller set his well-known production of The Mikado, staged for the English National Opera, in a British seaside resort of the 1920s. The result, complete with a chorus of gentlemen of Japan as cartoon-like British peers, emphatically underscores the Englishness of the satire. The occasional non sequiturs, like a bunch of gentry dressed for Ascot and singing in Japanese, are loonily fun, and no more absurd than the fantasyland Japan that Gilbert and Sullivan invented. The time frame, though, seems little more than an excuse for a smart black-and-white production design.

Countries:

Genres:

Romance,

Comedy,

TV Movie

Runtime:

130 minutes

Year:

1987

Directors:

Peter Robinson

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Production companies:

Thames Television,

A&E Home Entertainment,

Fremantle Media Company

Actors:

Ko-Ko

Yum-Yum

Nanki-Poo

Pooh-Bah

Katisha

Crews:

Director

Producer

Director

Stage Director

Original Music Composer