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Peter the Squeezer Reviving 'The Mikado' in the age of P.C. (36) RE: Reviving 'The Mikado' in the age of P.C. 28 Dec 16

As Will correctly mentions, Jonathan Miller's 1987 production was set in the 1920's - the same set could have easily been used for The Boy Friend, or Salad Days. Eric Idle appeared as Ko-Ko, Lesley Garrett as Yum-Yum, Bonaventura Bottone as Nanki-Poo. Mr Idle was never going to be one who sat quietly in a corner on stage. One line from Ko-Ko's little list - "Bishops who don't believe in God, Chief Constables who do ....".

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