The Mikado
T0309385367
A comic operetta with a Japanese theme. Songs such as 'Three Little Maids from School', 'A Wandering Minstrel', 'A Most Humane Mikado' etc. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular works. In the town of Titipu, local government has fallen into the hands of two dubious characters: Ko-Ko, in charge of public executions; and Pooh-Bah, who has a finger in every pie. A young man arrives who, unknown to most, is Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado. Fleeing an arranged marriage to the elderly Katisha, he falls for the beautiful Yum-Yum, Ko-Ko's fianc
Archive :: production:T0309385367, opera or operetta:S2026, venue:V321
Production details
The most famous of all Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, first performed in 1885, may be set in Japan but its satire is directed entirely at English subjects. With a little careful re-writing, the original bite of Gilbert's satire has been restored. But why on a cricket pitch?
