The Pyrates
Author | George MacDonald Fraser |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | William Collins, Sons (UK) |
Publication date | 1983 |
The Pyrates is a comic novel by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1983. Fraser called it "a burlesque fantasy on every swashbuckler I ever read or saw".[1]
Plot
Written in arch, ironic style and containing a great deal of deliberate anachronism, it traces the adventures of a classic hero (Captain Benjamin Avery, RN, very loosely based on
Adaptations
The book is completely unrelated to the 1991 movie Pyrates starring Kevin Bacon.
1986 TV version
The Pyrates | |
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Directed by | Andrew Gosling |
Written by | Mervyn Haisman |
Produced by | Ian Keill |
Cinematography | Derek Slee |
Edited by | Dave Hambelton |
Music by | Rodney Newton |
Production companies | BBC Canamedia Productions |
Distributed by | BBC Two |
Release date | 21 December 1986 |
Countries | United Kingdom Canada |
Language | English |
A television adaptation starring Marcus Gilbert and Jane Snowden was shown on BBC2 on 28 December 1986.[2]
The film was one of a number made by the team of Andrew Gosling and Ian Keill.[3]
Cast
- Marcus Gilbert as Captain Ben Avery
- Calico Jack Rackham
- Josette Simon as Sheba
- Colonel Blood
- Nicholas Gecks as Happy Dan Pew
- Anne Bonney
- Tatyana Colombo as Donna Meliflua
- John Savident as Don Lardo
- Robin Bailey as Solomon
- Howard Lang as Captain Yardley
- John Rapley as Samuel Pepys
- Howard Goorney as Groonbaun
- Nosher Powell as Firebeard
- Richard Davies as Dai Lemmer
Stage version
A world premiere stage adaptation was written and produced by members of Chicago's Defiant Theatre in 2004.[4]
Captain in Calico
Much of the material had been covered in a novel Fraser wrote in 1959, Captain in Calico. This novel was published after his death.
References
- ^ Fraser, George MacDonald (2002). The Light's On at Signpost. HarperCollins. p. 311.
- ^ "BBC 1". The Times. 27 December 1986. p. 41.
- ^ Keill, Ian (1 June 2016). "Andrew Gosling obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Michael Phillips, T., "Timing and finesse arrr off in 'Pyrates'", Chicago Tribune, June 30, 2004.
External links
- 1986 BBC production at the IMDb
- The Pyrates at British Film Institute