Overview:
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.
Cast Of - The Mikado
Crew Members
Eric Idle Ko-Ko
Lesley Garrett Yum-Yum
Bonaventura Bottone Nanki-Poo
Richard Van Allan Pooh-Bah
Felicity Palmer Katisha
Richard Angas The Mikado of Japan
Susan Bullock Peep-Bo
Ethna Robinson Pitti-Sing
Mark Richardson Pish-Tush
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