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Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, or, The peer and the peri [videorecording] / [music by Arthur Sullivan ; words by W.S. Gilbert] ; George Walker presents ; staged by David Pountney ; directed by Dave Heather ; producer, Judith De Paul ; a Parsons & Whittemore Pdtn. ; made by Brent Walker Film Pdtn.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: AMP-8536 | Acorn MediaPublication details: [London, England] : Goldcrest Films International ; Silver Spring, MD : Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media, [2002], c1982.Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 156938536X
- Iolanthe
- Peer and the peri
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Iolanthe
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Iolanthe. Libretto
- Production designer, Allan Cameron ; lighting designer, Paul Beeson ; choreographer, Terry Gilbert ; executive producers, George Walker, Edward Simons.
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Brooks Memorial Library 1st Floor | Brooks Memorial Library | DVD | DVD 782.1 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31791001760948 |
Derek Hammond-Stroud (The Lord Chancellor) ; Richard Van Allan (Private Willis) ; Kate Flowers (Phyllis) ; Alexander Oliver (Strephon) ; Beverley Mills (Iolanthe) ; Anne Collins (The Fairy Queen) ; Thomas Hemsley (The Earl of Mountararat) ; David Hillman (Tolloller) ; Sandra Dugdale (Celia) ; Pamela Field (Leila) ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Alexander Faris, conductor ; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., introduction.
Production designer, Allan Cameron ; lighting designer, Paul Beeson ; choreographer, Terry Gilbert ; executive producers, George Walker, Edward Simons.
Originally produced for television in 1982.
Special features: "making of" featurette; Gilbert & Sullivan profile; and song index.
DVD video; Dolby digital.
Libretto (24 p.) inserted in container.
Iolanthe used to be the life and soul of Fairyland but was banished years ago for marrying a mortal. Now, pardoned by the Fairy Queen she returns as a beautiful teenager, but with a 24-year-old son, Strephon, who is half fairy, half mortal. He is in love with Phyllis, a ward of the rather susceptible Lord Chancellor. For a while, these complications wreck havoc with the proceedings of the House of Lords, giving Gilbert a chance to poke fun at that august institution.
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