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==Other adaptations== ;Stage * ''Di Yam Gazlonim'', a [[Yiddish]] adaptation of ''Pirates'' by Al Grand<ref name=Studio/> that continues to be performed in North America. The 2006 production at the [[National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene]] was nominated for the 2007 [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival]]. The ''[[Montreal Express]]'' wrote in 2009, "Grand's adaptation is a delightfully whimsical treatment".<ref>[https://archive.today/20120804140140/http://www.montrealexpress.ca/article-340765-The-Pirates-of-Penzance-in-Yiddish.html "The Pirates of Penzance... in Yiddish?"], ''Montreal Express'', 25 May 2009</ref> * ''The Parson's Pirates'' by [[Opera della Luna]] premiered in 1995. * ''Pirates! Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd'' (2006), is a musical comedy set on a Caribbean island, involving a [[Haitian vodou|voodoo]] curse that makes the pirates "landsick". It was first presented 1 November 2006 at [[Goodspeed Opera House]] in [[East Haddam, Connecticut]], then in 2007 at the [[Paper Mill Playhouse]] in [[Millburn, New Jersey]], in 2009 at the [[Huntington Theatre Company]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, and at [[The Muny]] in [[St. Louis]], Missouri, in 2012. Other Gilbert and Sullivan numbers, such as the Nightmare song from ''[[Iolanthe]]'' are interpolated.<ref>Saltzman, Simon: [http://www.curtainup.com/piratesnj07.html CurtainUp New Jersey Review 2007] CurtainUp, accessed 13 June 2009</ref><ref>Nesti, Robert: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118233601/http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=&sc3=performance&id=92259 "Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd)"] edgeboston.com, 8 June 2009</ref> * ''[[Pirates of Penzance β The Ballet!]]'' premiered in 1991 * [[Essgee Entertainment]] produced an adapted version in 1994 in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>[http://essgee.com/html/PirateOLDHome.html Essgee Entertainment's ''Pirates''], Simon Gallaher, accessed 25 July 2009</ref> Their producer, [[Simon Gallaher]] (Frederic in the Australian Papp production), produced another adaptation of ''Pirates'' that toured Australia from 2001 to 2003<ref>[https://www.davidspicer.com.au/author/simon-gallaher "Simon Gallaher"], DavidSpicer.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022</ref> * All-male versions of the opera include a long-running adaptation by [[Sasha Regan]] at the [[Union Theatre, London|Union Theatre]] in 2009, which transferred to [[Wilton's Music Hall]] in London in 2010<ref>Church, Michael. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/the-pirates-of-penzance-wiltonrsquos-music-hall-london-1944869.html "The Pirates of Penzance, Wilton's Music Hall, London"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210808/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/the-pirates-of-penzance-wiltonrsquos-music-hall-london-1944869.html |date=4 March 2016}} ''The Independent'', 14 April 2010</ref> and toured in Australia in 2012.<ref>Spicer, David. [http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/sasha-regan%E2%80%99s-pirates-penzance "Sasha Regan's ''The Pirates of Penzance''"], ''Stage Whispers'', 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.artsprojects.com.au/tour/pirates-of-penzance-directed-by-sasha-regan "Sasha Regan ''Pirates of Penzance'' (UK)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408203223/http://artsprojects.com.au/tour/pirates-of-penzance-directed-by-sasha-regan |date=8 April 2013 }}, ''Arts Projects Australia'', 2012</ref> ;Film and TV * ''[[The Pirate Movie]]'', a 1982 musical romantic comedy film loosely based on the opera. * ''[[The Pirates of Penzance (film)|The Pirates of Penzance]]'', a 1983 film adaptation of Papp's Broadway production. * ''Die Piraten'', a German-language version, was premiered on German television in 1968 and starred [[Arleen Auger]] as Mabel, [[Gerd Nienstedt]] as the Pirate King and [[Martha MΓΆdl]] as Ruth, with [[Franz Marszalek]] conducting. Mabel falls in love with the Pirate King, among other plot changes. A 2-CD set of the broadcast was issued by Gala Records in 2000.<ref>Shepherd, Marc. [http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/piraten.htm "''Die Piraten'' (1968)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920022805/http://gasdisc.oakapplepress.com/piraten.htm |date=20 September 2015 }}, Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 13 April 2009, accessed 13 October 2015</ref> * Several other television adaptations of the opera have been made, beginning in 1939.<ref>[https://us.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Pirates+of+Penzance List of television and film adaptations]{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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