RUDDIGORE
W.S.GILBERT
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RUDDIGORE
OR
THE WITCH'S CURSE
BY
W. S. GILBERT
WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY
W. RUSSELL FLINT
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
1912
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
LIST OF COLOUR PLATES
page
Tumbles the sea" |
Frontispiece |
"Alas, Dick, I love Rose Maybud, and love in vain!" |
120 |
Enter Rose—He is much struck by Her |
124 |
"Poor children, how they loathe me" |
134 |
"Deny the falsehood, Robin, as you should, It is a plot!" |
140 |
Enter Robin and Adam melodramatically |
144 |
Ghosts make Passes—Robin begins to writhe in Agony |
152 |
"What is the matter? Have you carried her off?" |
160 |
First Produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, by Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte, on Saturday, 22nd January, 1887.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
MORTALS:
Robin Oakapple (A Young Farmer) | Mr. George Grossmith | ||||||||
Richard Dauntless (His Foster-Brother—A Man-o'-war's man) | Mr. Durward Lely | ||||||||
Sir Despard Murgatroyd (Of Ruddigore—A Wicked Baronet) | Mr. Rutland Barrington | ||||||||
Old Adam Goodheart (Robin's Faithful Servant) | Mr. Rudolph Lewis | ||||||||
Rose Maybud (A Village Maiden) | Miss Leonara Braham | ||||||||
Mad Margaret | Miss Jessie Bond | ||||||||
Dame Hannah (Rose's Aunt) | Miss Rosina Brandram | ||||||||
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GHOSTS:
Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (The First Baronet) | Mr. Price | |
Sir Jasper Murgatroyd (The Third Baronet) | Mr. Charles | |
Sir Lionel Murgatroyd (The Sixth Baronet) | Mr. Trevor | |
Sir Conrad Murgatroyd (The Twelfth Baronet) | Mr. Burbank | |
Sir Desmond Murgatroyd (The Sixteenth Baronet) | Mr. Tuber | |
Sir Gilbert Murgatroyd (The Eighteenth Baronet) | Mr. Wilbraham | |
Sir Mervyn Murgatroyd (The Twentieth Baronet) | Mr. Cox | |
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Sir Roderic Murgatroyd (The Twenty-first Baronet) | Mr. Richard Temple |
Chorus of Officers, Ancestors and Professional Bridesmaids
ACT I | | The Fishing Village of Rederring, in Cornwall |
ACT II | Picture Gallery in Ruddigore Castle |
Time.—Early in the XIXth Century
Uniform edition. With Special Decorated Cover, and 8 full-page Colour-Plates by W. Russell Flint. Price 3s. 6d. net each.
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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE |
PATIENCE |
IOLANTHE |
PRINCESS IDA |
THE MIKADO |
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD |
THE GONDOLIERS |
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.