Pirates Of Penzance - Critique
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The Pirates of Penzance was an opera performed by the Southwest Texas Opera Workshop.  The Pirates of Penzance, composed by Gilbert & Sullivan, is a light-hearted parody of the traditional opera.  This opera takes place somewhere in the British Virgin Islands.  It is about a boy, Federic, who is t ....          
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....  Mabel.  The other girls are seized by the pirates and threatened with marriage.  When the Major-General shows up he too is captured by the pirates.  The Major-General eludes the pirates by telling them a lie about being an orphan.  Having been orphans themselves and having a place in their hearts for them, the pirates let the Major-General and his daughters go.  Over the next few days, the Major-General’s conscience gets the best of him and he confides to Frederic the lie that he told the pir ....          
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