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The Mikado - or The Town of Titipu by W. S.…
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The Mikado - or The Town of Titipu (original 1885; edition 1940)

by W. S. Gilbert (Librettist), Paul McPharlin (Illustrator)

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The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Now, disguised as a traveling musician, he meets and falls in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, is already betrothed to her guardian, and Nanki-Poo is in despair.… (more)
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Title:The Mikado - or The Town of Titipu
Authors:W. S. Gilbert (Librettist)
Other authors:Paul McPharlin (Illustrator)
Info:New York : The Peter Pauper Press (1940); Hardcover
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The Mikado [catch-all] by William Schwenck Gilbert (Librettist) (1885)

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Gilbert, William SchwenckLibrettistprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sullivan, ArthurComposermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Sullivan, ArthurComposermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Flint, W. RussellIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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If you want to know who we are/ we are gentlemen of Japan/ On many a vase and jar/ On many a screen and fan.
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The legendary Gilbert and Sullivan troupe, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, joined forces with Hollywood for this 1939 Technicolor version of the fabled comic opera, the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen, directed by musician and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Victor Schertzinger. The result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the British political satire set in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado of Japan, fled his father's imperial court to escape marriage with Katisha, an elderly lady. Now, disguised as a traveling musician, he meets and falls in love with Yum-Yum, the young ward of Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu. Yum-Yum, however, is already betrothed to her guardian, and Nanki-Poo is in despair.

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