Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert...

Eugene d'Albert, The overtures to The Mikado and Ruddigore are by Hamilton Clarke (although the Ruddigore overture was later replaced by one written by Geoffrey...

in Iolanthe (1882), Pitti Sing in The Mikado (1885), Mad Margaret in Ruddigore (1887), Phoebe in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), Tessa in The Gondoliers...

Pooh-Bah, The Mikado Reginald Bunthorne, Patience Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Ruddigore Sir Joseph Porter, H.M.S. Pinafore Sir Richard Cholmondeley (Lieutenant...

and Sullivan) Iolanthe, Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan) Mad Margaret, Ruddigore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Melissa, Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan) Pitti-Sing...

Sullivan) Nanki-Poo, The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan) Richard Dauntless, Ruddigore (Gilbert and Sullivan) Colonel Fairfax, The Yeomen of the Guard (Gilbert...

music played under spoken dialogue, for instance, Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore (itself a parody of melodramas in the modern sense) has a short "melodrame"...

These elements include paintings coming to life (Ages Ago, used again in Ruddigore), a deaf nursemaid binding a respectable man's son to a "pirate" instead...

also had the quickest revival: after Gilbert and Sullivan's next work, Ruddigore, closed relatively quickly, three operas were revived to fill the interregnum...

He got his big break when he was called upon to play Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore on short notice in May 1949 (and several of the other "patter" roles that...

Cornwall, as do Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas The Pirates of Penzance and Ruddigore. Clara Vyvyan was the author of various books about many aspects of Cornish...

you what I am" (King Gama) Sullivan: Ruddigore – "My boy, you may take it from me" (Robin) Sullivan: Ruddigore – "Henceforth all the crimes that I find...

have at least one lead bass. Notable roles include: Adam Goodheart, Ruddigore Arac, Princess Ida Bob Becket (Carpenter's mate), H.M.S. Pinafore Don...

Despard Murgatroyd in a television production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore (with Keith Michell as Robin Oakapple). In 1983, he played the Sinister...

George Grossmith fell ill, and the 22-year-old Lytton went on for him in Ruddigore. Lytton starred in D'Oyly Carte touring companies from 1887 to 1897, playing...

Ko-Ko until 1887. He then returned to England to rehearse the new opera, Ruddigore. He gave two matinee performances as Robin Oakapple at the Savoy Theatre...

have been the inspiration for the Murgatroyd Baronets in the comic opera Ruddigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the opera has been performed at the Hall...

Serkis in the 1999 film Topsy-Turvy concerning the making of The Mikado), Ruddigore (1887), The Yeomen of the Guard (1888), The Vicar of Bray (1892), Captain...

"Basingstoke" is a code word in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1887 comic opera Ruddigore, used by the "bad baronet" after he reforms, to remind his bride "Mad...

Murgatroyd in Ruddigore and then reprised his original roles in revivals of Pinafore, Pirates and The Mikado in (1887–88). During rehearsals for Ruddigore, and...

and David Janson. In 1966, Routledge sang the role of Mad Margaret in Ruddigore, the title role in Iolanthe, and Melissa in Princess Ida, in a series...

made other minor changes in the score. The "Matter Patter" trio from Ruddigore and "Sorry her lot" from H.M.S. Pinafore, two other Gilbert and Sullivan...

Mountararat Princess Ida: King Hildebrand The Mikado: The Mikado of Japan Ruddigore: Sir Roderic Murgatroyd The Yeomen of the Guard: Sergeant Meryll The Gondoliers:...

General Stanley The Gondoliers (1982, TV movie) – Don Alhambra del Bolero Ruddigore (1982, TV movie) – Robin Oakapple / Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd Memorial Day...

phonetic approximation of West Country speech. The Pirates of Penzance and Ruddigore are both set in Cornwall. John Davey a farmer from Zennor, records the...

adapted for a cast of 6 to 8 and no chorus. The first was The Ghosts of Ruddigore (1997), where a couple of nerds, Amanda Goodheart and Kevin Murgatroyd...

various scenes: gavottes in Ruddigore and The Gondoliers; a country dance in The Sorcerer; a nautical hornpipe in Ruddigore; and the Spanish cachucha and...

February 1886 19 January 1887 Mikado 21 February 1887 5 November 1887 Ruddigore Mrs. Jarramie's Genie Frank Desprez Alfred Cellier & François Cellier...

Princess Ida, The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard, and all in 1919, and Ruddigore (1921). In 1919, Bridges-Adams was appointed director of the Stratford-on-Avon...

against sailboats at Atlantic Ocean. In the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Ruddigore, Richard Dauntless sings of shipping out in "a revenue sloop" and encountering...