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Overview
Taking place in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII, this classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is one of their darkest and most sophisticated. Colonel Fairfax is wrongly accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the hour. He hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally, his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony and expects to be a wealthy widow upon Fairfax's imminent demise, leaving her free to marry her lover, the jester, Jack Point. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes his fate and chaos ensues.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 10, 1957
- Original language
- English
- Production
- NBC
- Cast
- Alfred Drake,Celeste Holm,Bill Hayes,Barbara Cook,Henry Calvin,Muriel O'Malley,Robert Wright,Norman Atkins,Norman Barrs,Marjorie Gordon
- Director
- George Schaefer
- Producer
- Mildred Freed Alberg,George Schaefer
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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