“The Pirates of Penzance” quotes

(1983)

Title The Pirates of Penzance
Year 1983
Director Wilford Leach
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance

Interpreted by

Kevin Kline
Dame Angela Lansbury
Linda Ronstadt

All actors – Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azito, David Hatton, Stephen Hanan, Anthony Arundell, John Asquith, Mohamed Aazzi, Tim Bentinck

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“- Mabel: Frederic, can you not in the calm excellence of your wisdom reconcile it with your conscience to say something that will ease my father's sorrow?
- Frederic: What?
- Mabel: Can't you cheer him up?”
Linda Ronstadt - Mabel Stanley
Rex Smith - Frederic
[Tag:sorrow, understanding]
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“- Frederic: You make it a point of never attacking a weaker party than yourselves, and when you attack a stronger one you invariably get thrashed!
- Pirate King: There's some truth in that.”
Rex Smith - Frederic
Kevin Kline - The Pirate King
[Tag:fighting, weakness]

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