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  • That's the way to do it!!

  • Eh. It needs more fortissimo.

  • Brilliant play...I'm auditioning for Ruth at my school.

  • Much of the success of the Battersea County School productions, of which The Pirates of Penzance is one, comes from the brilliant Mr Paul Mathias. Mr Mathias was actually head of humanities but was a brilliant musician, virtuosing in violin and piano and was a clasically trained singer.

  • We haven't finished yet!!!

  • The Pirates of Penzance was performed at Alleyne's Grammar School, Stevenage just before I left in 1951. it was a brilliant performance, thanks to George Partridge. An amazing music teacher and an ex. pupil of the same school.

  • love it

  • AGAIN!

    

  • you no what i hate. when people dress the pirate king like jack sparrow. you just cant go past the purple pants

  • definately the best song in the whole show.. this was classic though ! he was dying by the end ! hahah :D

  • love this, my sister talked about it a lot. Now I nkow why she loved it

  • @TelcontartheFirst I know that feeling... :L

  • Have to do this for a Drama assignment. Can't Wait! :D

  • One of my FAVORITE theatrical moments!

  • i love this song! i was lucky enough to tour on this show several times. This is my fav song next to pirate king and when the foeman. I miss all these guys and girls!

  • 16 people got tired after watching them redo Cat Like Tread so many times

  • @LadyEvelynL awwwww, too fng bad!

  • @LadyEvelynL It's the only explanation. I must say incorporating a gag which included such repetition was a risk, but I thought it was funny. It's meant to be part of the fun.

  • This is awesome! i grew up on this musical and this version has GOT to be my favourite!!!!!! i have no idea how they keep going!!!! i love the finale also! i also never get sick on it! its often on repeat! i walked in to a pole while i was singing this song i was getting soo into it! love how he tells everyone to shut up because they haven't finished yet! thanks for putting on here!

  • I am what one would considder a G&S purist, however I am willing to face the fact that the young people of today are not really into classical opera. This version of Pirates (as well as Essgee's Pinafore and Mikado) are admirable in that they are introducing today's youth to the world of Gilbert and Sullivan. And if you give this version a chance, it really is fun to watch (that could just be because I love Jon English as well.)

  • Why is it that other versions of this song are not as fun?! I <3 this song because of this version!

  • @GirlX12345 Every version is incredible in it's own way.

  • This is the sex.

  • We're going to do this play for my performing arts class. Originally, this scene we weren't going to do a repetition. But now we are. At least twice. If not three times. Thank you <3

    (I hate this play, but this is my favorite song and dance sequence)

  • This is always the best song that gets the audience riled up into a craze

  • WHY is one of these PIRATES wearing a KILT

  • @ForrestUzumaki for fun!!!!!! :) :D

  • WITH CAT LIKE TREAD

    BANG

    UPON OUR PRAY WE STEAL

    BANG

    NO SOUND AT ALL

    BANG

    Brilliant.

  • "Wait a minute! Just a minute please! This is really important. Please listen. This is... We. Haven't. Finished. Yet! Some very. Important. Dialogue. To do."

    "More! More! More!"

    "We haven't finished yet!"

    Made. Of. Win!

  • I saw this show with Anthony Warlow in it as the Pirate king. It was good. But not as much interaction with the audience as this one.

  • Id love to see this show live i bet its a riot.

  • @tonymontana1974 i know right?

  • I LOVE IT! I remeber seeing it years ago when I was about 12! I remeber the encores, faboulous!!!!!!

  • jon english is my father brill man

  • @milolovesmusic

    If you're being for real with us here, then you lucky bastard you!!! I only briefly met him after one of his G&S performances for HMS Pinafore in NZ, & I've always wanted to meet him again, to thank him for being the inspiration to my career in the Circus that he is, & to my favourite colour being purple thanks to those very pants he wears.

    He is awesome, so you must be as well :o)

  • poor man.

  • This is awesome. All Gilbert and Sullivan shows are awesome. And when you cast Jon English in one of them you know you've got something truly amazing (even if he is the main antagonist of the show).

  • Brilliant guys !!!!!!!

  • Wonderful

  • He's brilliant!! I love this musical

  • I have this on DVD and this is still my favourite part, and is my favourite production of ANYTHING ever. :D Jon English FTW! (taking into consideration that he was mid to late 40s when he performed this. What a trooper!)

  • Some very important dialogue to do

  • Should have a "love" option.

  • I wanted 10 encores. :(

  • @Maestrojosh87 i think he may die from exhaustion >.>

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  • @Maestrojosh87 Are you wishing death upon Jon English? If so, fuck you! Jon English is a genious and has got to be immortal. The day he dies is the day I die.

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  • @vonnycav I was not wishing any such thing... Just playing.

  • @Maestrojosh87 Good.

  • this is a fun show to be in, i can tell you :D

    haha this looks like an 80s rock music video

  • Jon English shows his true genious in this production of Pirates.

  • why couldn't I have seen these guys live?! WHY?!?!

  • @flamingcartman312 I couldnt agree more...especially when I found out my sister could have gone to see it and she refused though granted she was like 5 but still....I would have if I had not been 2-ish

  • Having seen "The Pirates" many times, including shows by the D'Oyly Carte I was loathed to watch a group of Australians performing this but was astonished. Some of the performances are outstanding. Whilst this isn't musically the best I have heard "With Cat Like Tread" performed it is certainly the most entertaining. The performance, as a whole operatta is first rate

  • won't someone please think of the musicians!

  • the scottish pirate picked a bad day to wear a kilt.........doing a can can kick dance

  • Ninja's could take lessons from these guys, they must be the single most stealthy band in the world.

  • The look on his face at each encore is hilarious!

  • 14 people are fat and can't walk With Cat Like Tread

  • @iskyftwroflcopterSoi That is the whole point of G & S humour. It is known as "comic irony" and is seen throughout their operettas (other examples in this operetta are both the ploicemen and the pirates who are freightened by their own shadows and theMajor-General who would not have a clue what to do in a battle)

  • @boltonwandererskings - the "14 people" thing referred to the people who downvoted the video, not the people in the video...

  • Is Neil Patrick Harris, more known as Barney Stinson, participating in this play?

  • Ahhh the loudest song about being quiet. I love it!! :D

  • This was the production from the early 90's correct? I used to have this on VHS and watched it all of the time.

  • @Unotuchable

    Ah scratch that, it was the one from the 80's.

  • @Unotuchable I think so. I remembered seeing it as a little kid mid 90's. It was awesome. haha

  • @tthesteak90 it was 1994

  • haha "WE HAVENT FINISHED YET!"

  • I remember going and see this twice!!!!!!

    I got to meet Jon after the show at the State Theatre AND I got to hold his wine glass whilst he signed my programme.

    Such a fun and energetic production!!!!!

  • Reminds me of when my school did it. This song NEEDS to be as over the top as posible. In our production the pirates pulled out those plastic cheerleeders megaphone things. If it isnt rediculous, it isnt done right.

  • look at that mullet. WOW

  • Me and my friends sung this song whilst parading around our school library. Poor Mr McDonald...no onder he calls us 'The Crazies'

  • The merciless conductor is one of the best parts.

  • Bravissimo!

  • They don't sing NEARLY loud enough.

  • Wow. This is definitely a different side of the Pirate King I've ever seen!

  • Fantastic cast! They are fabulous!

  • wow these guys are amazing!!!

  • 'WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!'

    *video ends*

    oh, the irony :D

  • this was even better in real life! (after working on the show for years i still love it!)

  • ...It's the "We haven't finished yet" that really makes it...

  • Absolutely Brilliant performance, thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it, really entertaining Loved this song best of all. The encores were so funny, I keep watching it over again.

  • Love the lilac pants!

  • 13 people dont have cat like tread! XD

  • This has got to be the most bizzare thing i have ever seen what the hell is the lead guy doing? lol

  • He caught it ! HAHA What a Bad Ass.

  • TRUCE TO NAVIGATION! TAKE ANOTHER STATION! LET'S VARY PIRACY WITH A LITTLE BURGLARY!

  • This is just how it oughta be done! I saw this version at the theatre, Jon English just went right off! :)

  • When the piratesof the cast I was in were practicing this the director always sang "With Cat Like Thread!"

    -___________-

  • THIS MAN <3

  • WE HAVEN'T... FINISHED... YET!

    ahahaha I love this version!

  • man, i want an audience like them! way better than the deathly silence we get during our shows. if only we had a pirate kick-line in Sweet Charity...

  • Such a sadistic conductor! This has to be my favourite version of Pirates; it's certainly one of the most memorable.

  • lol wow 

  • I've seen the whole show on Sky Arts but this is my favourite song, I am full of admiration for the effort Jon English puts into it

  • 13 people missed the like button.

  • dvd from amazon.co.uk or across the world

    colin uk

  • ....I thought they were going to do a pirate stripper scene!!!,,,

  • How could you not like Jon English in those purple tights and being the pirate king!!! Absolutely awesome! I can never get sick of it!

  • awesome

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  • The choreography is stunning, particularly from 0:34 onwards.

  • "Away!"

  • @MauveAlert hehe - very important dialogue! :)

  • I love this production of Pirates of Penzance! I saw it in Melbourne back in 1994 (or thereabouts) and this song was one of my favourites! I have it on video too (plus the other 2 shows which I also saw live - The Mikado and HMS Pinafore, both featuring Jon English and Simon Gallaher). Awesome stuff - there's nothing like a live show!

    Go Jon! You rock! (hehe - I still love those purple pants!).

  • My video wore out with so many watches, but now I have the DVD! Lol. I love the purple pants too...

  • @MauveAlert I so want this on DVD but I can't find it anywhere. Where di you get it from???

  • I'm not a fan of those drums and cymbols. They're a lot louder than the singers...

  • i know but i love the song

  • best song in the show, for sure.

  • 4 fucking encores!! XDD GOOD FOR THEM.

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  • @girlsbdfa Actually the point of the song is that they're trying to be really quiet, but not only are they completely inept at sneak about, hence the stomping, but they can't help but get caught up in the moment.

  • we watched this in music appreciation class and i absolutely loved it! This was definitely one of the best parts ^^

  • At 4:46, what was Jon doing?

  • From the look of it, he seems to be getting more comfortable with the audience, (which he now has in the palm of his hand,) by being a bit playfully raunchy. It seems that pirates & rock-stars actually would behave in a similar way, so he could give the people a bit of that familiar modern touch of rock without breaking character or appearing anachronistic at all! Theatrical genius!

  • What gave him away?

  • Wait...one of those men isn't a pirate at all! It's a Scotsman!

  • @yunaai Who's to say a Scotsman can't be a pirate? :P

  • i did this play for school

  • WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET :@@@

  • Schwenck is rolling over in his grave!

  • I'm currently playing the role of Samuel in a production of "Pirates of Penzance" in Israel. I have to say, I'm not that crazy abou this production. I think it's way to goofy in my opinion.

  • Well, PoP is a comedic opretta from the 1870's. Of course it's goofy ;)

  • @jordanzell1 I think this production is amazing!! Seriously it makes it soo funny and it's just awesome.

  • and seriously, if you don't like it, drop. there's always someone else who would enjoy having a role in this production.

  • I so want to do this play as one of the pirates....even though I'm a girl.

  • We did the play at school last year, and two girls were pirates.

    I hope you get a role! :D

  • Be Ruth =P

  • Why not? It's a parody in itself, parodying a parody only adds to its flavour :o)

  • Ah, beautiful.

    A Song about how silent they are.

  • They're practically going all AC/DC while trying not to wake the cowardly Major General, major laugh-out-loud!!!

  • i will be playing the pirate king in my school's version of this (even though im a girl xD) and this is my favorite thing from the parts ive seen so far

  • is the ending really like that?

  • This is the finale of the first act!

  • Really? isn't this song towards the end of PIrates?

  • It is just before intermission.

  • In the libretto is it on page 24 and the libretto has 27 pages! But as it had typically up to 7 encores (!)

    it has been billed here in YouTube as Finale I.

  • I'd love to see video of that. =P

  • "With a little burglary!"

    *Crash*

    "Argh!"

    "QUIET!"

    XD

  • Best part of the whole song

  • these poor, poor, tired pirates

  • This is the best live show I've seen. What a bunch of silly buggers!!!

  • What a bunch of "hams"...I love these guys tp pieces....watch this all the time....makes me happy!!!!!!

  • Fantastic.....

  • this is a work of genius!

  • Very Las Vegas this one LOL

  • Briliant music, good singing but oh the dancing!! Leaden, lumpen and completely at odds with the subtle wit of Gilbert and I'm sure Sullivan wouldn't have been that pleased either.

  • Funny though.

  • Isn't... that the point of With Catlike Tread? That it's NOT?

    =^..^=

  • That's what makes it funny.

  • i believe that is what is commonly termed as "comedic irony", given the title/content of the song itself...

  • u r a tit just enjoy thats what its all about if gilbert and sullivan saw this they would love it. ars get a sence of humer.

  • but in every version i've ever seen, including one they directed(the movie) they did the same kind of loud crazy dancing. it's a tradition

  • my school did this last year...

    I was a ward...

    it was soooo much fun....

    I'm coming back as an alumni to do it again as Mable! Yay!

  • haha this is awesome!!!

  • Heheh, my school is doing this play this year. I'm one of the police(wo)men (not enough guys tried out lol). This is going to be so amazing! xD

  • My school just produced this musical and it was great. I miss it heaps. Love this song and Paradox most.

  • are u Tim calke lol??

  • I LOVE THIS PRODUCTION!! We have this old battered video recording of it that's about 10 years old and I watch it every couple of months, I know it by heart :)

  • I know what you mean. I was 13 when I saw this but I was lucky enough to see this show in person. Trust me when I say it is way more awesome live. ^_^

  • Wow! I...just wow!

  • i watched this on telly with my nana and she was swooning over his purple trousers

  • @bethisthe ~ No love for the guy in the kilt? Come on now.

  • @bethisthe Dear Pirate King I love your purple pants

  • My goodness.

    When I was a pirate in this play, we were exhausted by the end of this song.

    I can't imagine doing the finale of the song 4 more times!

    Serious props here.

    :)

    John English will always be one of my favorite Pirate Kings.

  • The silent matches make noise

  • @Yeylife You probably know this, but silent matches were the (then new-fangled) matches we use today. Instead of having to strike something like a flint, they flared relatively silently.

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  • I was just with Jon English 2 days ago. He and his wife asked to join my private ghost hunt investigation at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado. The Stanley Hotel is where Stephen King stayed and came up with the idea for the book and movie, The Shining. Jon and his wife stayed in room 217, where King stayed. I was in room 401. Jon, his wife, myself, Callea, Dave, and Dawn were investigating Lucy's room in the lower level of the concert hall. I'll have video of us all on my Youtube page.

  • could watch the purple pants all day long

  • just watched this on one of the Skyarts channels in the UK.. highly enjoyable.. Jon English is just fantastic. Where they all found the energy on a stage with burning lights... awesome. It's always awesome to see productions and music where they sing AND dance... *watches a random music channel* a very nice change indeed

  • my school is gonna do this play:) looks like fun!

  • What can you say? Fantastic!! I love those purple pants! :) How they managed that FOUR times I can't imagine!

  • "We haven't finished yet!" A repeated line that gets me gasping for breath EVERY single time!!!

    Well done Jon!

  • i have to ask, which recording is this?