1:36:27 I love when actors madlib stuff like this and make eachother laugh and break.

Of curiosity value only. Rather vulgar.

I was the violin player in the "Late Call" documentary. (Filmed in 5F2 mess)

Thank you for sharing, and for bringing back the memories, I arrived at RAF Swinderby on 20th Febuary 1968 for six weeks basic training.

WHEN WHEN WHEN was this performance staged please?? Thank you.

Watched the musical live back in 2002 when I was in yr 10. Somehow my brother got his hands on the vhs in 2003 or 2004 and I watched it nearly daily while studying for my hsc. I got it on dvd and watched it everytime I studied between 2005 to 2011! So glad I’ve found it online 😊😊

Im 38 now, and i remember watching this on a vhs that we recorded from sbs. I watched it so much for a while, maybe once or twice a week. Whenever someone says 'a paradox' i think in my head 'a most ingenious paradox' ahahahahaa. I didnt know why the pirate king would open his shirt to applause but i loved it nonetheless. This is my favourite musical, all of the cast are incredible from the leads to the supports to the backgrounds. Such an amazing spectacle. Love it.

I am so new to Gilbert & Sullivan- this is fantastic! Thank you for uploading it!

Ken from benoni. I was on bulwark in Oslo 0:49 and Stockholm 1955 .

This is a great show the energy fun and wonderful songs I haven't seen it since I lost my husband but he loved it too

My dad was a cook on hms Bulwark. His name was Kenneth John Smith

Yes was 10 now 40 yer old Sham firework are in it now 😂😂😂😂

I'm here

I have watched many versions of Pirates of Penzance and I keep coming back to this. Really puts a smile on my face. RIP Jon English. The best Pirate King ever.

Mi respetos y admiración para Jon English y todo el elenco de esta divina producción. Gracias me hacéis muy feliz cada vez que vuelvo a esta maravilla.

This is not Gilbert!

I have loved this Australian version of it since watching it repeatedly on VHS when I was very young. Thankyou for uploading it! I have it on DVD but no longer have anything that can play DVDs 😩

My first draft from gunnery school. Was supposed to go to Eagle on world cruise😭 but did enjoy time on Rusty B(1971) but it was a bit grim in Juniors mess (3E)

I watched live in Hobart then on TV. Have the DVD, I love it!

This is amazing.i enjoyed it

From watching these RU-vid posts, I bought the DVD of this most fabulous production. I still can't believe that Jon English is no longer with us.

Thank you for uploading!! I have been looking for this for the last 5 years 😭😭

This is far and away the best version I have ever watched. An absolute joy from start to finish. Tried getting a copy on dvd but never managed one that wasn’t faulty or chopped. Thank you so very much for uploading this! 💛

Thank you. I'd been watching it piece by piece. What a lovely gift.

Being the purist I am, and having sung Frederick in my "younger" days and having conducted a production of Pirates, I was thoroughly blown away with the creativity and talent in this production. I enjoyed every minute of this production. Bravo to all.

My gran recorded this on VCR for me as a small tot, and I was obsessed with this XD

Wait!!!! It hasn’t finished yet!

This is superb version of a Gilbert and Sullivan classic.

Jon English is a legend, true performer right there..

Is it a play back performance ?

I remember going to the lyric theatre and seeing Jon English , I loved it then and still do, thanks for putting this up. Was the lead girl Marianne prior? Sad to hear Jon English died. 😢

One of the Best Days of My Life.

Amazing arrangements. Jon English seems so happy to do the job !

I was on her I think it was 1964 when we went to Aden. There were many times that I was so glad to hear the fans on after returning from a weekend off. The walk from Union street to the dockyard was a killer. I also remember all of the bars around Terror as well

This whole show is fantastic. It made my childhood. Jon English dominates every single scene he is in, and in particular, 1:57:43 onwards CHANGED MY LIFE. It is an emotional anchor point I ALWAYS keep coming back to!!! Enjoy, all those who see it for the first time! It is almost 7 years since the passing of Jon English, who will always be to me, the One and Only, Pirate King. Jonathan James English 1949 - 2016

2:05:00 - Yes, Yes, the Major General Comes, and 2:07:00- Lullaby. And all these old troopers have bits of business they haven’t used yet … must trot them out!

The acapella is a gem, one of Britain's great secular hymns. This production is the best that wasn't an original. The harmonic changes are so inventive. Singing the original with their variations is fun. There has to be a good 70 minutes of riffing on the original. I usually find some variations pointless compared to the original. Sullivan was a gift to humanity, and Gilbert too. The primary character actors are fantastic.

Jon English est impayable. Et l'angle rock and roll est bien vu. Mise en scène on ne peut plus inventive. Quel régal ! Quelle musique !

I’ve never seen this, nor heard of Jon English! Nor any of the players. This production is a joy, especially all the “liberties” taken - fully in the tradition of G&S, I believe. Thank-you so much!

Spectacular fun, eat yer hearts out Doyley Carte.

John shersby this song is called amazing grace how sweet the sound

James Dunn nice filming

Beautiful

This is the Version of Penzance I hold all others to. Aside the explicitly Australia References (i.e the Major Generals addition verse) for obvious reasons.

16:00 is iconic

BUT WAIT… IM NOT FINISHED YET Iconic

I would so love to se the others they made besides the mikado and HMS pinafore I understand they made Iolantha as well

I was looking for this for years. I've uploaded the 1983 version to my channel, but I find this WAY better.

I neet the adrres of the hotel

This is exactly how I first saw the Thursford Museum and as a child I was mesmerised by the organs, the engines and the beautiful white wonder machine, the ex Leeds odeon Wurlitzer. Robert has been there almost 43 years I think now and he is a super guy both on and off the keyboards. I must also go back and visit this magical museum and sit and listen to the Wurlitzer again. Thank you for the memories. The Wurlitzer sat on its own and not on a big stage with the Chambers free too. Wolfe and wurlitzer vol 1 and vol 2 show it in the early days too.