7.5The Mikado · 1987
The Mikado (1987) is a Romance / Comedy / TV Movie film directed by Peter Robinson, starring Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone.
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7.5Overview
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
Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard van Allen, Felicity Palmer, Richard Angas, Susan Bullock, Ethna Robinson
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What is "The Mikado" about?
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.
When was "The Mikado" released?
The Mikado was released in 1987.
Who stars in "The Mikado"?
The cast includes Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard van Allen.
