The Pirates of Penzance

A 1879 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan.

South African productions

Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1932, 1934, 1941, 1952, 1963 and 1987.

A Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society production was directed by Helen Houghton at the Baxter Theatre in 1983 with Cliff Downey, Peter Kramer, Ted Faulkner, Henry Lankester, Graham Boxall, Aletta Loopuyt, Lesley Jennings, Estelle Aucamp, Cindy Nixon and Elaine Berkman.

A pocket version of the musical was directed by Greg Homann and presented by Daphne Kuhn at the Theatre on the Square in 2011 and 2012. The 2012 cast consisted of Michael Richard, Jonathan Taylor, Clinton Hawks, David Dennis, and Keaton Ditchfield , with choreography by Shelley Adriaanzen, musical direction by Kevin Kraak.

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