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Scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddygore in the Illustrated London News
Credit: Amédée Forestier, restored by Adam CuerdenIllustration of Ruddygore; or, The Witch's Curse by Gilbert and Sullivan, as first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in London on 22 January 1887.
Key
| "When sailing o'er life's ocean wide": Richard, Rose, and Robin |
"Sir Rupert Murgatroyd": Dame Hannah and Chorus | |||||
| Richard | Ghost scene: "Painted emblems of a race": Robin collapsed in centre, surrounded by the ghosts of his ancestors |
One of the "Bucks and Blades" | ||||
| Dame Hannah | ||||||
| Rose Maybud | Dialogue before "There grew a little flower": Hannah, Roderic, and Robin |
Ruddygore | ||||
| Margaret Act I |
Margaret and Despard Act II |
Despard Act I | ||||
| At the Savoy Theatre | ||||||