Patience

Patience

10.0IMDb Score
Released:1995-01-01
Duration:130 min
Country:Australia
Director:Cameron Kirkpatrick
Actors:Christine Douglas, Heather Begg, Anthony Warlow, Dennis Olsen, John Germain
Production:Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Opera Australia

Overview:

Rival poets Reginald Bunthorne (a 'fleshy poet') and Archibald Grosvenor (an 'idyllic poet') vie for the affections of the lovely milkmaid Patience. A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House.

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