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Who Played Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance

Sergeant is a role in The Pirates of Penzance, a musical that opened Broadway in 1981.

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.

7 actors have played Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance.

View full cast of The Pirates of Penzance

Performer Production Opened
Dennis English Off-Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1979
Paul Ainsley US Tour The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Paxton Whitehead US Tour The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Wally Kurth US Tour The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Chris Langham West End The Pirates of Penzance 1982
Gerry MacIntyre East Haddam, CT (Regional) The Pirates of Penzance 2006
Gerry McIntyre Milburn, NJ (Regional) Pirates! 2007

Other Roles in The Pirates of Penzance

Role Production Opened
Edith Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Ensemble Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Frederic Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Isabel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Kate Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Mabel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Major-General Stanley Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Major-General Stanley's Daughter Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Performer Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Pirate and Policeman Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Ruth Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
Samuel Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
The Pirate King Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981
The Sergeant of Police Broadway The Pirates of Penzance 1981

“Sergeant” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
The Producers Broadway 2001
Hair Broadway 1968
Tartuffe Broadway 1965
The Boys from Syracuse Off-Broadway 1963
The Devil's Disciple Broadway 1950
Macbeth Broadway 1930

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