Gilbert and Sullivan Collection (12 Films) - 11-DVD Box Set ( Cox and Box / Trial by Jury / The Gondoliers / H.M.S. Pinafore / Iolanthe / The Mikado / Patience / The Pirates of Penzance / Princess Ida / Ruddigore / The Sorcerer / The Yeomen of the Guard )

Gilbert and Sullivan Collection (12 Films) - 11-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cox and Box / Trial by Jury / The Gondoliers / H.M.S. Pinafore / Iolanthe / The Mikado / Patience / The Pirates of Penzance / Princess Ida / Ruddigore / The Sorcerer / The Yeomen of the Guard
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
1300 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dave Heather
Derek Bailey
Rodney Greenberg
Barrie Gavin

Written By:
F.C. Burnand
J. Madison Morton
William S. Gilbert

Actors:
Russell Smythe ..... Cox
John Fryatt ..... Box
Thomas Lawlor ..... Sergeant Bouncer
Frankie Howerd ..... The Learned Judge
Kate Flowers ..... Angelina
Ryland Davies ..... Edwin
Anne Dawson ..... Miss Anne Other
Holgie Forrester ..... Jackie Collier - Defendant's Wife
Tom McDonnell ..... Counsel for the Plaintiff
Roger Bryson ..... The Usher
Brian Donlan ..... The Foreman of the Jury
Beryl Kaye ..... The Skivvy
Eleanor McCready ..... Angelina's Mama
Elise McDougall ..... 1st Bridesmaid
Eric Shilling ..... The Duke of Plaza Toro
Anne Collins ..... Duchess of Plaza Toro
Francis Egerton ..... Marco Palmieri
Tom McDonnell ..... Giuseppe Palmieri
Fiona Kimm ..... Tessa
Nan Christie ..... Gianetta
Keith Michell ..... Don Alhambra del Bolero
Sandra Dugdale ..... Casilda
Christopher Booth-Jones ..... Luiz
Peter Savidge ..... Antonio
Annibale ..... Giorgio
Alan Watt ..... Inez
Meriel Dickinson ..... Fiametta
Lydia Carter ..... Giulia
Aileen Davis ..... Francesco
Mark Dublin ..... Vittoria
Anne Nichols
Peter Marshall ..... Captain Corcoran
Frankie Howerd ..... Sir Joseph Porter, KCB
Meryl Drower ..... Josephine Corcoran
Michael Bulman ..... Ralph Rackstraw
Gordon Sandison ..... Bill Bobstay (The Boatswain's Mate)
Della Jones ..... Mrs Cripps (Little Buttercup)
Alan Watt ..... Dick Deadeye
Anne Mason ..... Cousin Hebe
Derek Hammond-Stroud ..... The Lord Chancellor
Beverley Mills ..... Iolanthe
Anne Collins ..... Queen of the Faries
Alexander Oliver ..... Strephon
Kate Flowers ..... Phyllis
Thomas Hemsley ..... Earl of Mountararat
David Hillman ..... Earl Tolloller
Pamela Field ..... Leila
Sandra Dugdale ..... Celia
Richard Van Allan ..... Pvt. Willis
William Conrad ..... The Mikado
Clive Revill ..... Ko-Ko
Kate Flowers ..... Yum-Yum
John Stewart ..... Nanki-Poo
Anne Collins ..... Katisha
Stafford Dean ..... Pooh-Bah
Gordon Sandison ..... Pish-Tush
Fiona Dobie ..... Peep-Bo
Cynthia Buchan ..... Pitti-Sing
Donald Adams ..... Col. Calverly
Derek Hammond-Stroud ..... Reginald Bunthorne
John Fryatt ..... Archibald Grosvenor
Sandra Dugdale ..... Patience
Anne Collins ..... Lady Jane
Terry Jenkins ..... Lt. The Duke of Dunstable
Shirley Chapman ..... Lady Angela
Shelagh Squires ..... Lady Saphir
Patricia Hay ..... Lady Ella
Roderick Kennedy ..... Maj. Murgatroyd
Keith Michell ..... Maj. Gen. Stanley
Alexander Oliver ..... Frederic
Janis Kelly ..... Mabel Stanley
Peter Allen ..... Pirate King
Gillian Knight ..... Ruth
Paul Hudson ..... Sergeant of Police
Kate Flowers ..... Edith Stanley
Jenny Wren ..... Kate Stanley
Brian Donlan ..... Samuel
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ..... Himself
Frank Gorshin ..... King Gama
Neil Howlett ..... King Hildebrand
Laurence Dale ..... Prince Hilarion, King Hildebrand's Son
Bernard Dickerson ..... Cyril, Hilarion's friend
Richard Jackson ..... Florian, Hilarion's friend
Nan Christie ..... Princess Ida, King Gama's Daughter
Anne Collins ..... Lady Blanche, Professor of Abstract Science
Tano Rea ..... Arac, King Gama's Son
Peter Savidge ..... Guron, King Gama's Son
Christopher Booth-Jones ..... Scynthius, King Gama's Son
Josephine Gordon ..... Lady Psyche, Professor of Humanities
Claire Powell ..... Melissa, Lady Blanche's Daughter
Jenny Wren ..... Sacharissa, Girl Graduate
Elise McDougall ..... Chloe, Girl Graduate
Vincent Price ..... Sir Despard Murgatroyd
Keith Michell ..... Robin Oakapple
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd ..... Richard Dauntless
John Treleaven ..... Sir Roderic Murgatroyd
Donald Adams ..... Rose Maybud
Sandra Dugdale ..... Mad Margaret
Ann Howard ..... Dame Hannah
Johanna Peters ..... Adam Goodheart
Paul Hudson ..... Zorah, Chief Bridesmaid
Beryl Korman
Clive Revill ..... John Wellington Wells
David Kernan ..... Dr Daly
Donald Adams ..... Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre
Nuala Willis ..... Annabella, Lady Sangazure
Alexander Oliver ..... Alexis Pointdextre
Nan Christie ..... Aline Sangazure / Pointdextre
Enid Hartle ..... Mrs Zorah Partlet
Janis Kelly ..... Constance Partlet
Mark Lufton ..... The Notary
Alfred Marks ..... Wilfrid Shadbolt
Joel Grey ..... Jack Point
Elizabeth Gale ..... Elsie Maynard
Claire Powell ..... Phoebe Meryll
David Hillman ..... Colonel Fairfax
Elizabeth Bainbridge ..... Dame Carruthers
Geoffrey Chard ..... Sergeant Meryll
Peter Savidge ..... Sir Richard Cholmoneley
Beryl Korman ..... Kate
Michael Bulman ..... Leonard Meryll

Synopsis:

From the popular ITV series this comprehensive collection includes 12 classics from the immortal partnership of lyricist W.S.Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. For more than 100 years, these comic, colourful operas have been consistently entertaining audiences around the world. Music by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a cast of award-winning international stars including Peter Allen, William Conrad, Frank Gorshin, Joel Grey, Frankie Howard, Peter Marshall, Keith Mitchell, Vincent Price, Clive Revill In: Cox & Box The Gondoliers HMS Pinafore Iolanthe The Mikado Patience The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore The Sorcerer Trial by Jury The Yeoman of the Guard.

Cox and Box
Cox works by day, and Box by night. Their rascally landlord lets the same room to both of them and doubles his profit. But eventually they discover they are not only involved with the same girl... but are indeed long-lost brothers! Featuring the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus.
Trial by Jury
In a breach of promis case, the Learned Judge and Jury are somewhat smitten by the pretty Plaintiff's charms, and the Defendant is hard pressed to explain that indeed he loved this girl once, but fell in love with another. Despite his suggestion that he marry both women, the Learned Judge has his own solution... he will marry the Plaintiff himself.
The Gondoliers
Marco and Giuseppe marry their sweethearts Gianetta and Tessa, but neither couple is allowed to leave for their honeymoon, because there is a problem. They are informed that one of the bridegrooms is really the King of Barataria, but nobody knows which. Gianetta and Tessa are delighted with the idea of one of them being Queen, but upset when they are told that women are not allowed to accompany their husbands to Barataria and that they will have to stay behind in Venice.
H.M.S. Pinafore
Featuring accompaniment by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, this filmed 1982 production of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta stars Peter Marshall as Capt. Corcoran, the skipper of the H.M.S. Pinafore. When sailor Ralph Rackstraw (Michael Bulman) falls for Corcoran's daughter, Josephine (Meryl Drower), there are rough waters ahead for the young lovers. Alan Watt plays the dastardly Dick Deadeye.
Iolanthe
Strephon, a shepherd (the son of a Fairy, Iolanthe, and a mortal), is in love with Phyllis, a shepherdess. He wants to marry her, but, although Phyllis also loves Strephon, she has a dilemma - she is so beautiful that all of the House of Lords, as well as her guardian, the Lord Chancellor, are also desirous of marrying her. There are many complications - including the peers being threatened by the Fairies - before a happy conclusion is reached by all.
The Mikado
Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu - disguised as a musician. He has chosen Titipu because a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he has fallen in love, lives in the town. A desire to marry Yum-Yum, however, is not enough. Nanki-Poo has to contend with her guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who has every intention of marrying Yum-Yum, himself. Problems are compounded when the Mikado, accompanied by Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, also arrive in the hitherto peaceful town of Titipu.
Patience
Reginald Bunthorne is a poet, adored by all the ladies - except one. Patience, a dairymaid, cannot understand what all the other ladies see in him and wonders what love is. However, despite her indifference to him, Bunthorne is in love with Patience and wants to marry her. Things are further complicated when another poet, Archibald Grosvenor, (a childhood friend of Patience) comes upon the scene and becomes a rival for Patience's hand. Archibald is immediately adored by all but one of the ladies (Lady Jane). The smitten ladies forsake Bunthorne in their pursuit of their new love, while Lady Jane continues to pursue her unresponsive target. Meanwhile the ladies are pursued, in turn, by their cavalry fiances, who patiently hope to win back their promised brides from the grasp of the two poets.
The Pirates of Penzance
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.
Princess Ida
Princess Ida and Prince Hilarion were betrothed when the Prince was two years old and the Princess just one year old. Twenty years have now passed, and the time has come for Hilarion to claim his bride. The Princess, however, has other ideas. She has set up a women's-only University - and men are not allowed. Hilarion and his friends, Cyril and Florian, disguise themselves as women to gain entrance to the University. All goes well until Cyril's unmaidenly conduct compromises their disguise - and reveals the three friends as intruding men.
Ruddigore
The Baronets of Ruddigore have been cursed by a witch. Each Baronet, in his turn, must commit a crime a day - or die in torture. To escape his dreadful fate, the latest Baronet, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, disguises himself as Robin Oakapple, a farmer. Only two people know his true identity - his faithful servant, Old Adam Goodheart, and his adopted brother, Richard Dauntless, a seaman. Robin Oakapple is in love with the beautiful Rose Maybud and wants to marry her - but his future plans appear doomed when his true identity is revealed.
The Sorcerer
The villagers of Ploverleigh are celebrating the marriage of Alexis, son of Sir Marmaduke Poindextre, to Aline, daughter of Lady Sangazure, who just happens to be Sir Marmaduke's old flame. Alexis is determined that all shall share the purity of his true love. He has arranged for Mr. Wells, 'a dealer in magic and spells,' to administer his best-selling love potion to everyone in the village, including the vicar Dr. Daly. The result is hilarious confusion.
The Yeomen of the Guard
Colonel Fairfax has been falsely accused of sorcery by a jealous relative who covets his estates and money. The Colonel is condemned to death for his 'crime' and waits in the Tower of London for his execution. Fate, however, steps in - in the form of Sergeant Meryll (who owes his life to Colonel Fairfax) and Elsie Maynard, a beautiful strolling singer who has just arrived at the Tower to entertain the people in the company of a strolling jester, Jack Point.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 20 July, 2015.