Trial by Jury TV Movie 1974 - Gilbert and Sullivan 

Oh my goodness! I've loved Trial by Jury since I was a child. (now 70). This is the most stupendous production I've ever seen!! Bravo!

A superb production - with Charles Mackerras and those performers it has to be great. Thank you for posting this.

Excellent...and you can hear every word!!!!!!!

This is truly amazing... one of the best "Trials" I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing the video! This is the way G&S should be done, with singing and acting given equal weight. The voices are operatic quality, but the words are crystal clear. I wish every G&S show had been recorded at this level. (The so-called Brent Walker series of the 1980s was extremely variable, from quite good to abysmal.) Charles Mackerras, of course, was a huge G&S advocate and one of the best conductors ever to tackle the operas. Denis Dowling, seen here as the Counsel, sang Pooh-Bah on the Sadler's Wells "Mikado" audio set (readily available on the secondhand market).

The cast is full of wonderful singers , many who are no longer with us. Just lovely Norma Burrowes who is left now and lives in Canada I believe. A fabulous production.

What a fabulous performance! Full of joyous humour and sung with verve and real enthusiasm. Sullivan's score is second to none, with melody and pastiche combined to superb effect and Gilbert's lyrics are utter genius. This must surely be a benchmark performance. On a tangent, I agree largely with tonybethparkes' assessment of the 'Brent Walker' series. Some of that series were dire thanks to serious miscastings, whereas others I found to be compelling. But I thoroughly enjoyed this last half hour or so!! Best wishes to you all - and many thanks indeed to the uploader of this video.

I was in this production in college i wasn't in the chorus but the janitor

Probably the best Jury out there altogether, and so little known

Just joyful -a delight

Brings back wonderful memories… I was a jury man in our high school production in 1974 in Sydney, Australia

brings back memories of when I played the judge role back in 1984. Always my fave G and S

I know where you got this from LOL

visually: 7/10 but the sound is about 3/0.