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Pirates is the story of Fredrick, a young man who was accidentally apprenticed to a band of pirates. He falls in love with a Major General's ward and tries to atone for his past by plotting the destruction of his former comrades. When it turns out the soft-hearted pirates are really "noblemen who have gone wrong," they and a relieved Frederick marry the multitudinous wards of the rather "modern Major General."
On December 10, 1879, Sullivan wrote a letter to his mother about the new opera, upon which he was hard at work in New York. "I think it will be a great success, for it is exquisitely funny, and the music is strikingly tuneful and catching." True enough! The Pirates of Penzance was an immediate hit and Gilbert and Sullivan's classic takes its place today as one of the most popular and enduring works of musical theater.
“Pirates delivers a bounty of comic energy” “…those loveable pirates are loose again… This Runaway Stage production of the play shows how much can be accomplished…talented and energetic cast to carry it off!Jim Carnes,
The Sacramento Bee
“…Runaway Stage's production of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance is a rollicking funhouse presented by a cast and crew whose main goal is entertainment.”
Patti Roberts,
Sacramento News & Review
