Brent Carver stars as the swashbuckling Pirate King in the famous Stratford Festival's rollicking production of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic that pits British bobbles against unlikely pirates on the Cornish coast. Sullivan regarded this operetta - a hit ever since its first production in New York in 1879 - as the best comedy he composed. He even said of his collaborator, "The libretto is ingenious, clever, wonderfully fun in parts and sometimes brilliant in dialogue - beautifully written for music, as is all Gilbert does." Indeed, audiences will find the music every bit a match for the lyrics, with the genius of the score lying in its parody of grand opera. Filmed in 1985 at the world-famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
Unfortunately the movie The Pirates of Penzance is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | William S. Gilbert | Writer |
| Directing | Norman Campbell | Director |
| Production | Norman Campbell | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Arthur Sullivan | Musical |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clayton Shields | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Anne Wootten | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Berthold Carriere | Music |
| Directing | Brian Macdonald | Director |
