The Scarlet Pimpernel at The Minack 2007 - Madame Guillotine

[sueryan10]

This was a pretty cheesy performance for a professional troupe.



[ptcruiser0529]

this is all wrong though..... the townspeople look happy when they first... im doing it at a theater and it sounds better

[amindofmyownhere]

Sarah Brightman performed here too :)

acoustics must be hard to deal with tho :-/

[2funk2bpunk]

This performance gave me the chills. Loved it.

[THEBOB566974]

haha its a amazing stage however check wever b4 going because we sat in rain for about 3 hours we wer so cold after haha one of the actors feel threw a chair because it got wet XD

[musicalqueen101]

What an amazing venue! More please!! :D

[Isiena]

That was amazing, I especially love the outdoor stage!

[bxrgirl]

Awesome venue, but the accoustics are retchid. :-/ Fantastic show, though!

[PhantomofDB]

oh my god what an awesome place for a theatre! I am jealous, I want to perform there! lol

[Sitarchsfalcon]

I was wondering how they were going to pull off the guillotine scene. It actually turn out decently with the exception of the fake head getting caught in the blade. But hey, that's live theater for ya! Every performance is different and you never know what to expect!

[xNightshadex]

WOW! OUTDOOR STAGE!

[bluebettle]

That was my first thought!

What an amazing venue; and it works so well with the musical

[sAINTMalice9]

wow what a cool setting!

[Levedad247]

beautifully staged, appparently it works live.

[suzakuseikun]

Perhaps someone can tell me what Chauvelin is singing at the end of this song. I have only ever been able to make out "heads will roll, blood will flow" but he's being sung over so it's hard to make out his final verse.

Help?

[inuyashalovesevan]

oh, blow by blow, feel the fire, feel the glow, hear the cry, heads will rool, blood will flow : )

[Mekroth]

Now...

Blow by Blow...

We defy you...

Feel the glow...

Hear the cry...

Hearts will howl...

Blood will flow...

[vixmeasles]

choreography is....well...nonexistant

[aimeeable]

I have seen versions of this that made me cringe at the bizarre sight of people dancing and prancing about during an execution. I commend the lack of unnecessary dancing- it's more realistic. It has great energy and immense purpose, more in fact, than a bunch of people twirling and pirouetting around while others are being executed. There is ample choreography, enough to keep it interesting and to adhere to the MT genre. Fab cast, lovely setting, & I like the guillotine being brought in. Superb.

[vixmeasles]

What little choreography there is is not in time.The women are always a few beats apart on the same move.

[petercallaway]

well spotted! just as it was designed by the choreographer....

[ratchet1215]

oohh...measles has been vaccinated

[ookete]

Haha, the squash gets whacked, that was fun. The head-cut at the end was awesome. The setting is also very nice. Chauvelin is average.

[kittybirg]

I was laughing when they chucked the body over the cliff. It was a nice end to an otherwise serious and high-powered song.

[moonoversoho]

ha - i can see myself running backstage at the beginning. i have already lowered the tone...

otherwise, what a brilliant video!

[aimeeable]

YEY that was fab!!