Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse (remounted!)
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March 11-April 3
Howard Conn Fine Arts Center 
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Closing after only two performances due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Gilbert&Sullivan Very Light Opera Company is pleased to remount their production of Ruddigore! Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful Baronet of Ruddigore, is hiding in a small village in order to escape the family curse; a witch doomed each successive Baronet to commit one crime a day or be killed. Ruthven, not wanting to fall victim to the curse, assumed the identity of 'Robin' and left his brother Despard back at Ruddigore to take up the role of Baronet. 'Robin' has since fallen in love with Rose Maybud and is prepared to wed and begin a peaceful life, but the past, and a few ghostly ancestors, come back to haunt him... Will Robin get the traditional Gilbert&Sullivan happy ending? Or is he doomed to a life of debauchery and depravity? |
