if you want to see a brilliant performance of mikado and play to perfection with expert timing and panache and do not watch this version . if you want to see a hammy version with eric idle strut around in 1930 english gentleman private club society and this be the one to watch . it a lot of fun and a good intro to gilbert and sullivan and but after this and rush out and rent the canadian stratford version . you will see the difference between good and great . nobody do g and s good than brian mcdonald and the stratford group .