这部描写海盗生活的滑稽音乐剧是使后来在电影界大为有名、并获得奥斯卡奖的凯文·克莱恩成名的音乐剧。其实,这部音乐剧的历史远比大多数人以为的1981 年要早得多。事实上,它最早出现在百老汇上是1879年。但是1981年的重新制作无疑使这部剧获得重生。这部剧在于1981年1月8日在百老汇的俄瑞斯剧院(Uris Theatre)公演,一共演出了772场。在当年的托尼奖(Tony Awards)上拿到了三个奖项。而后,1983年由原班人马出演的电影也十分受到好评,而扮演海盗王的凯文·克莱恩由此登上电影之路,一发而不可收拾。因为《潘赞斯的海盗》剧情诙谐幽默,歌曲轻松流畅,(再有可能是作者已去世,版权的问题简单),很多地方都有小型或大型的表演。专为电视拍摄的录像也有几个。This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of the same name, with parts of other of their operettas stirred in. Frederic has fallen in love with sweet innocent Mabel. Yet his vocation is an impediment to their union. Perhaps the situation can be rectified by his old nurse, Ruth, who made a dreadful blunder years before. A highlight is the song/dance A Policeman's Lot is Not a Happy One.