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Who Played Chorus in The Pirates of Penzance

Chorus is a role in The Pirates of Penzance, a musical that opened Broadway in 1976.

No Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera boasts as many walk-away tunes as The Pirates of Penzance, the only collaboration of the pair to premiere on Broadway, and not in England. Building on the success of the previous year’s H.M.S. Pinafore, but trading—as their principal “serious” focus—the rigors of naval discipline for the obligations of duty, G&S manage to burlesque their normal share of popular institutions, including the army, the police, and operatic sopranos. Pirate apprentice Frederic, at age 21, has faithfully served out his indentures and, replete with a sense of duty, joins the police force, determined to exterminate his old mates. He falls in love with Mabel, the first girl he sees, but the daughter of Major-General Stanley, who himself is the target of a pirate revenge plot. Plans go awry when it is revealed that, thanks to a leap-day birth, Frederic is really only five and one-quarter years old. The engaging musical score includes some of the catchiest music in the G&S canon: Mabel’s pyrotechnic “Poor, wandering one;” the tongue-twisting patter song “I am the very model of a modern major-general;” “A policeman’s lot;” “Climbing over rocky mountain”—a survivor from Thespis, G&S’s lost first stage work; and “With catlike tread,” which, more than a quarter-century later, was given new words as “Hail, hail, the gang’s all here.” At The Egyptian Theatre.

26 actors have played Chorus in The Pirates of Penzance.

View full cast of The Pirates of Penzance

Performer Production Opened
Alan Spencer Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Andrea Phillips Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Anne Egglestone Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Barry Clark Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Beti Lloyd-Jones Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Edwin Rolles Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Elsie McDougall Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Gareth Jones Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Gillian Burrows Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Glynis Prendergast Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Guy Matthews Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Helen Moulder Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Josephine Hinchley Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Lorraine Dulcie-Daniels Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Malcolm Coy Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Michael Buchan (i) Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Michael Westbury Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Patricia Rea Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Paul Burrows Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Paul Waite Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Roberta Morrell Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Suzanne O'Keeffe Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Thomas Scholey Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Vivian Tierney Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
William Palmerley Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
William Strachan Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976

Other Roles in The Pirates of Penzance

Role Production Opened
Chorus Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Chorus of Pirates, Police and General Stanley's Da Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Edith Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Frederic Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Isabel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Kate Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Mabel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Major-General Stanley Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Ruth Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
Samuel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
The Pirate King Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976
The Sergeant of Police Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1976

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