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"Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, a spoof of Victorian England "disguised" as a Japanese musical."
"A spoof of Victorian English society. Presents the story of a lowly tailor's transformation from a prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord Executioner."@en
"Set in Japan, this operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan involves Nanki-Poo, who in disguise offers himself to the Lord High Executioner, to be beheaded, on the condition that he can marry Ko-Ko's ward Yum-Yum."
"The Mikado's son (Nanki-Poo) dons a disguise to confuse an elderly admirer."@en
"For the legendary comic actor Groucho Marx, playing the role of Ko-Ko in The Mikado fulfilled a lifelong ambition. The Mikado was Groucho's favorite among the works of his beloved Gilbert and Sullivan, and the 1960 Bell Telephone Hour production was adapted for television and directed by Martyn Green, a man Groucho revered as an authority on interpreting the role of Ko-Ko."
"Brian Macdonald's version of this classic comic opera was a blockbuster hit at the Stratford Festival. Cloaked in the guise of a Japanese musical drama, the Mikado is a spoof of Victorian English society. The plot involves a lowly tailor's transformation from prisoner in a county jail to the rank of Lord Executioner."
"A spoof of Victorian English society. Presents the story of a lowly tailor's transformation from prisoner in a country jail to the rank of Lord Executioner."