Director Jacqui Beckingham
Musical Director Nicholas Jenkins
Repetiteur Elizabeth Cooper
The Baronets of Ruddigore are cursed. Anyone who succeeds to the title has to commit a crime every day — or perish in inconceivable agony.
Robin Oakapple, a young farmer loves Rose Maybud, but both are too shy to tell the other. But Robin has a secret. He is really Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful Baronet of Ruddigore, in disguise. His younger brother, Despard, believing Ruthven to be dead, has assumed the title. Robin’s foster brother, Richard, seeking Rose for himself, tells Despard of Robin’s deception, and Robin is forced to accept his true position, losing Rose to Richard in the process.
Now the Baronet of Ruddigore, Robin is confronted by the ghosts of his ancestors who step from their picture frames in the gallery of Ruddigore Castle to confront him for failing to conscientiously commit his daily crime. Robin eventually finds a way of satisfying his ancestors demands whilst continuing to live a blameless life…
The Cast List of Principal roles was as follows:
Robin Oakapple Iain Cannell
Richard Dauntless Roger Twyman
Sir Despard Murgatroyd Stanley Brown
Old Adam Goodheart Peter Shearlaw
Rose Maybud Shirley Noel
Mad Margaret Penny Stevens
Dame Hannah Anne Jones
Zorah Debbie Brett
Ruth Joan Flanagan
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd John Cobb