Research Catalog

Title

The pirates of Penzance : television commercials [videorecording] / [produced for] the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Publication

New York, 1980-1981.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Papp, Joseph
• Kline, Kevin
• Parsons, Estelle
• Ronstadt, Linda
• Rose, George, 1920-1988
• Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988
• Jordan, Case & McGrath, Inc, producer.
• Serino Coyne, Inc, producer.
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Description

10 videodiscs (12 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Television commercials for the Broadway musical The pirates of Penzance. Included are 21 various commercials, in three basic versions, including one that is animated,. The commercials were likely aired during the show's run from 1980 through 1982.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series Statement

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative Title

• Pirates of Penzance (commercials)
• Pirates of Penzance.

Subjects

• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980
• Commercials
• Musical theater > 20th century > United States
• Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Pirates of Penzance
• Video
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

Genre/Form

• Commercials.
• Video.

Note

• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Commercials on videodiscs 1 through 9 produced by Jordan, Case & McGrath, Inc.; commercial on videodisc ten produced by Serino, Coyne & Nappi, Inc.
• Sound on videodisc 3 is erratic.
• Videodiscs vary in length from 45 sec. to 3 min.

Event (note)

• Produced in New York, N.Y. during 1980 and 1981.

Biography (note)

• The pirates of Penzance, an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, was produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern and Pam Dawber for Mabel. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures.

Contents

• Videodisc 1: Pirates of Penzance (date), XXNY-D301, 11/21/80, 30 sec. -- Pirates of Penzance, XXNY-0102, 11/21/80, 10 sec. -- Pirates of Penzance, XXNY-0103, 11/21/80, 10 sec.
• Videodisc 2: Pirates of Penzance :30 (date), XXNY D301, 11/21/80, :30 sec. -- Pirates of Penzance :10 (date), XXNY 0103, 11/13/80, 10 sec. -- NYSF-Pirates of Penzance :30, XXNY 0304, 11/21/80, 30 sec.
• Videodisc 3: This is the show, XXNY 0305, 1/23/81, 30 sec.
• Videodisc 4: This is the show rev., XXNY 1306, 1/26/81, 30 sec.
• Videodisc 5: Animated pirates (N.Y. version), XXNY 1308, 5/7/81, 30 sec.
• Videodisc 6: Animated pirates-N.Y. rev., XXNY 1309, 5/13/81, 30 sec.
• Videodisc 7: Carried away 10 sec. N.Y. version, XXNY 1112, 6/12/81, 10 sec.
• Videodisc 8: Pirates/Tony, XXNY 1313, 6/17/81, 30 sec. -- Pirates/Tony :10, XXNY 1114, 6/17/81, 10 sec. -- Pirates/Tony alt. :10, XXNY 1119, 10 sec. -- Pirates/Tony alt. :30, XXNY 1318, 6/7/81.
• Videodisc 9: Pirates/Minskoff :30, XXNY 1320, 8/14/81, 30 sec. -- Pirates/LA :30, XXNY 1323, 8/4/81, 30 sec. -- Pirates/Minskoff :10, XXNY 1121, 8/4/81, 10 sec. -- Pirates/LA :10, XXNY 1122, 10 sec.
• Videodisc 10: Minskoff Theatre and phone [number], SCN-PP-102281 NY, 10/22/81, 30 sec.

Call Number

NCOX 5288

OCLC

NYPG05-F10203

Title

The pirates of Penzance : television commercials [videorecording] / [produced for] the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Imprint

New York, 1980-1981.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Event

Produced in New York, N.Y. during 1980 and 1981.

Biography

The pirates of Penzance, an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, was produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern and Pam Dawber for Mabel. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures.

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, producer.

Kline, Kevin, performer.

Parsons, Estelle, performer.

Ronstadt, Linda, performer.

Ronstadt, Linda, interviewee.

Rose, George, 1920-1988, performer.

Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988, director.

Jordan, Case & McGrath, Inc, producer.

Serino Coyne, Inc, producer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Added Title

Pirates of Penzance.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5288