The New Zealand Pirates

The New Zealand Pirates (1986)

***Cast***
Major-General Stanley	George Henare
Pirate King	Andy Anderson
Samuel	Andrew Fagan
Frederic	Peter Noone
Sergeant of Police	Tim Tyler
Mabel	Jane Gregory
Ruth	Dorothy McKegg

Producer: Steward Macpherson
Musical Director: David Fraser

Recorded Live 10-12 October, 1986,
at the St. James Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand

***Related Pages***
Other Recordings of Pirates
The G&S Archive's Pirates Page

I saw this recording at Footlight Records in New York. At $50.00 for a single LP, my curiosity was not sufficiently piqued, so it will fall to somebody else to provide a review. The album jacket indicated that proceeds were assigned to the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, which probably explains the high price. The cover art suggested a strong indebtedness to the Joseph Papp production, but no one associated with that production was acknowledged in the credits.

According to the album sleeve, the selections included are:

Side 1:
"When Frederic was a little lad"
"Oh, better far to live and die"
"Oh, is there not one maiden breast"
"Poor wand'ring one"

Side 2:
"I am the very model of a modern Major-General"
"Stay, Frederic, stay"
"With cat-like tread"
"Curtain Calls"

***Issue History***
Date	Label	Format	Number
1986	Stetson Records	LP	SREP22