The Mikado

The Mikado (1926)

MusicDocumentary

A short, hand-tinted promotional film made by the D'Oyly Carte Opera company to show off the new wardrobe and set dressing for the 1926 production of The Mikado. About six scenes from The Mikado are shown, then designer Charles Rickets steps onto the stage with a final look at the costumes and the film ends. The players in the production are legendary Savoyards, well-known from recordings of the period, but this is the only time a movie camera caught them in their roles, though sadly minus the singing. About four nitrate prints of this film are known to exist; two of which are at the BFI in London.

Casts

	Darrell Fancourt as The Mikado
	Charles Goulding as Nanki-Poo
	Henry Lytton as Ko-Ko
	Leo Sheffield as Pooh-Bah
	John Huntington as Pish-Tush
	Elsie Griffin as Yum-Yum
	Aileen Davies as Pitti-Sing
	Beatrice Elburn as Peep-Bo
	Bertha Lewis as Katisha
	Charles Ricketts as
	Janet Adair as
	Herbert Aitken as
	Josephine Ashley as
	Marjorie Avona as
	Henry Blain as

Crew