The Pirates of Penzance (A Curtain-raiser book)

by Jean F Blashfield

Other authorsAnne Grahame-Johnstone (Illustrator), Janet Grahame Johnstone (Illustrator), W. S. Gilbert (Composer)
Hardcover, 1966

Status

Available

Call number

782.13

Series

Curtain-Raiser Books

Tags

children, primary school, picture book, theatre, gilbert and sullivan, opera

Genres

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

F. Watts (1966)

Subjects

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Pirates of Penzance Juvenile literature
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. Pirates of Penzance Juvenile literature

Language

English

Physical description

9.13 inches

Local notes

The opera retold for children. Frederic, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and they fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on the 29th of February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years.

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