OVERVIEW
Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse, is a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. The baronets of Ruddigore are compelled to commit a crime every day under a witch's curse. Robin Oakapple is a baronet of Ruddigore who has fled the curse. He and his love, Rose Maybud, are about to marry when Robin's identity is exposed. As Robin cannot commit himself to a life of crime, the portraits of his ancestors come to life to punish him. He outwits them and frees himself from the curse for all time before being reunited with Rose.
This production of Ruddigore was first performed in April 1974 at the Salle communale de Chêne-Bougeries. It was the first GAOS production to be performed at what would become the Théâtre de Marens, in Nyon.
CAST
| Ruth |
Susan Dobson
|
| Dame Hannah |
Kerstin Hytten |
| Dame Hannah’s nurse |
Irene Dobosz |
| Zorah |
Kathy Epps |
| Rose Maybud |
Margery Jackson
|
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd
|
Michael Mulvey |
| Old Adam Goodheart |
Ariel Haemmerlé
|
Richard Dauntless
|
John Tracey
|
| Mad Margaret |
Myriam Watt
|
Sir Despard Murgatroyd
|
Charles Day
|
Ancestors:
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd - Derek French
Bishop - Jim Jackson
Crusader - Dimitri Dacos
Merchant - Peter Barnett
Elizabethan - Colin Richardson
Country Squire - Derek Bowland
Norman Knight - Mike Hope
Cavalier - Thomas Wejdeby
Chorus:
Lindsay Askew, Valerie Bouladon, Joan Cambitsis, Susan Dobson, Roslyn Forrest, Rosemary Green, Susan Parsons, Cecilia Place, Zelda Ryce, Jane Davies, Kath French, Ulla de Groot, Evelyn Moggio, Anne Louise de Verteuil, Lois Wolff
Alan Ball, Peter Barnett, Derek Bowland, Dimitri Dacos, Derek French, Mike Hope, Jim Jackson, Colin Richardson, Tony Stanford, Thomas Wejdeby
PRODUCTION
| Director |
Robert Cornman |
| Musical Director |
Robert Cornman |
Stage Manager
|
Alan Grant
|
| Set Design |
Robert Cornman
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| Set Construction |
Steve Bastin
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| Lighting |
Di Squire
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| Costumes |
Sigrid Pittendrigh / Elizabeth Hope |
| Make-up |
Pat Broomfield
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| Props |
Angela Horton
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PHOTOS
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