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The Mikado on Video - 1982

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Described by critics as "scintillating," "exquisite," and "breathtaking," this version of the famous comic opera was a blockbuster hit at the world-renowned Stratford Festival. Cloaked in the guise of a Japanese musical drama, The Mikado is a spoof of Victorian English society. Centered on Ko-Ko (Eric Donkin), a lowly tailor, it chronicles his transformation from prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord Executioner. But Ko-Ko is plagued by a terrible quandary: the emperor (Gidon Saks) has instructed him to produce a head - or forfeit his own!

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Starring:
Gidon Saks

Henry Ingram

Eric Donkin

Richard McMillan

Allen Stewart-Coates

Studio: Stratford Festival

Filmed: 1982 - Released: 1982

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