The Pirates of Penzance (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- First Published: 1880
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Musical drama
- Subjects: Love or romance, Police, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Sailing or sailors, Sea or seafaring life, Soldiers, Pirates
- Locales: Cornwall, England
Characters Discussed
Major General Stanley, the very model of a modern major general. He is laden with learned lumber, though a bit behind in his military knowledge. His numerous daughters adore him, and he loves them so much that he tells a lie to save them from the pirates. His conscience torments him. When the pirates learn that he is not an orphan, as he had told them, his life is imperiled, but he is spared, and his daughters marry the pirates, who are all noblemen gone wrong.
The Pirate King (Richard), a kindhearted but stern monarch. He does not think much of...
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W. S. Gilbert (Cyclopedia of World Authors)W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan (Dictionary of World Biography)W. S. Gilbert (Drama)
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