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Ruddigore (Theatre)
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Ruddigore | |
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Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse, described by its author as "An Entirely Original Supernatural Opera in Two Acts," was the 10th of the "Savoy operas" produced by Gilbert and Sullivan. Ruddigore is a parody of the so-called "TranspontineLatintrans pontem, "across the bridge" melodramas" of the early 19th century,note such as East Lynne, or The Earl's Daughter; Maria Marten, or The Murder in the The Red Barn; The Face At The Window; Sweeny Todd, or The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; and Crimes At The Dark House which were performed at theatres south of the Thames — including their high-flown and archaic language, the extravagances of their plots, and their recurring Stock Characters: the innocent orphaned Village Maiden, the poor-but-honest Yeoman Hero, the sneering, snarling Bad Baronet, the Honest Sailor, the Good Old Servant, the Fallen Woman Driven Mad By A Dark Secret, and, of course, the Ghost — in this case, a whole Gallery of Ghosts. (By staggering coincidence, Oscar Wilde's story "The Canterville Ghost" was published within days of Ruddigore's premiere, and parodies Gothic ghost stories and their stock tropes and characters in similar ways.)An Animated Adaptation of the opera by British animation company Halas and Batchelor appeared in 1966. There have been three Live Action Television adaptations, in 1972, 1982, and 2005; the 1982 version featured Vincent Price as Sir Despard. Ruddigore is also the focus of the Phryne Fisher novel Ruddy Gore. | |
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Miles Gloriosus | |
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Miles Gloriosus: Richard's song "I shipped, d'ye see," tells how his ship bravely prepared to attack a French merchant ship, only to turn tail and run away when it turned out to be a frigate and fired at them, because, uh, they didn't want to hurt the poor helpless Frenchmen, that was it. Amusingly, a lot of people missed that it was a satire. | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_13033ce1 | type |
Incessant Chorus | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_13033ce1 | comment |
Incessant Chorus: The bridesmaids keep on bursting into their chorus ("Hail the Bridegroom — hail the Bride!") until Robin angrily orders them to leave. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: Roderick, Despard, and Ruthven are all played by baritones. | |
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Suicide Is Shameful | |
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Suicide is Shameful: The fact that attempted suicide was regarded as a crime turns out to play a crucial role in obtaining a Happy Ending. It Makes Sense in Context. | |
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Villain Song | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_1ccad9a3 | comment |
Villain Song: Subverted in "Oh, why am I moody and sad" — Despard is complaining about being the Designated Villain because of his curse. Also "When the night wind howls" and "Henceforth all the crimes" (er, sort of). "You understand? I think I do" probably counts as a Villain Duet, despite the lines about how they have to do it because "duty must be done", and about how "painful" the duty is. It's a cheery bouncy song that they happily dance to the entire time they're singing it. | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_1e2af48 | type |
Trapped in Villainy | |
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Trapped in Villainy: The curse of the Murgatroyds. The resolution is when Sir Ruthven realizes that refusing to commit a daily crime is tantamount to suicide. And suicide is, itself, a crime. So he fulfills the terms of the curse by refusing to do so. | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_20860a0e | type |
Punch-Clock Villain | |
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Punch-Clock Villain: All the Murgatroyds, but particularly Sir Despard. | |
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All There in the Script | |
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All There in the Script: Some characters are given names for no apparent reason, which appear only in the dramatis personae. Of course, that's when the character appears in the script at all; for instance, Ruddigore has a long list of named ghosts in the dramatis personae. The script itself refers only to Roderick by name (Sir Rupert is mentioned in dialogue, but never pointed out as a specific ghost when he appears), and list the others as "1st ghost," "2nd ghost," and so on. The numbers never get high enough to include half the ghosts listed; the rest are presumably just ordinary choristers. The "professional bridesmaid" Ruth is also never named in the script. | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_26d1f65f | type |
Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Richard's "D'ye see" even recurs in his solo number. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Incessantly. (See Crowd Song above, for an example) | |
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Quietly Performing Sister Show | |
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Quietly Performing Sister Show: It was the team's follow-up to their greatest hit, The Mikado; though it subsequently gained a reputation for being the pair's first "failure," it actually ran for 288 performances, and Gilbert himself remarked, "It ran eight months and, with the sale of the libretto, put £7,000note About three-quarters of a million USD nowadays when adjusting for inflation into my pocket." He also said, "I could do with a few more such failures." | |
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The Ingenue | |
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The Ingenue: "Sweet" Rose Maybud is a parody of the type, although it turns out she is rather more artful than she lets on. | |
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Ghost Song | |
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Ghost Song: "Painted Emblems of a Race" and "When the Night Wind Howls (Sir Roderick's Song)", during which the ghosts get down. | |
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Barefoot Loon | |
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Barefoot Loon: Mad Margaret is costumed and made up as a caricature of theatrical madness in the first act, and this often includes barefootedness. | |
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Logic Bomb | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_31083edb | comment |
Logic Bomb: How Ruthven breaks the curse. He'll die if he doesn't commit the crime. So if he does nothing, he's attempting suicide. But attempting suicide is a crime! | |
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Dastardly Whiplash | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_32e69b5f | comment |
Dastardly Whiplash: The Murgatroyd family of Ruddigore, especially Sir Ruthven, parody this character, which was still played straight in the "Transpontine" theatres of the time. | |
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Burn the Witch! | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_352def2a | comment |
Burn the Witch!: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd ruthlessly persecuted witches, including burning them at the stake. The curse which drives the plot is a Dying Curse by one such witch. | |
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Good Hair, Evil Hair | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_356e26da | comment |
Good Hair, Evil Hair: Generally after Robin turns evil, he appears with slicked down hair and occasionally a pair of side-whiskers he didn't wear before. Likewise, Despard's hair will often be more flowing in the second act, and he may drop the mustache. At least one production had Despard physically handing his mustache to Robin/Ruthven at the end of the first act. | |
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Minion with an F in Evil | |
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Minion with an F in Evil: Ruthven. | |
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King Bob the Nth | |
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King Bob the Nth: Several of the ancestors are listed only by which number baronet they are. | |
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Twice Shy | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_3d7b1b61 | comment |
Twice Shy: Rose Maybud and Robin Oakapple. | |
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Fainting | |
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Fainting: Happens to Robin Oakapple at the end of Act I. | |
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Messy Hair | |
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Messy Hair: Mad Margaret, who is "an obvious caricature of theatrical madness." | |
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Evil Makes You Ugly | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_4ee487f2 | comment |
Evil Makes You Ugly: "When in crime one is fully employed, your expression gets warped and destroyed." (Source of that trope's Page Quote.) | |
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Convenience Store Gift Shopping | |
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Convenience Store Gift Shopping: Rose makes her entrance carrying a basket of gifts she intends to distribute in a highly inappropriate manner. | |
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I Have This Friend | |
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I Have This Friend: Robin and Rose make use of this trope in the song "I Know a Youth". | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_593d7cbe | type |
Designated Villain | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_593d7cbe | comment |
Subverted in "Oh, why am I moody and sad" — Despard is complaining about being the Designated Villain because of his curse. Also "When the night wind howls" and "Henceforth all the crimes" (er, sort of). | |
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Beta Couple | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_5941d75 | comment |
Beta Couple: Ruthven's reformed brother, Despard, marries his Old Flame Margaret offstage between acts. The happy couple comes to Ruthven in Act II to encourage him to reform as well. | |
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Talk About the Weather | |
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Talk About the Weather: Robin Cannot Spit It Out to Rose, so he talks to her about the weather instead. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Sir Despard Murgatroyd, the Designated Villain of Act I. In the original script (and some modern productions), when the curse falls on Robin, his faithful retainer Adam Goodheart changes his name to "Gideon Crawle" to reflect his new commitment to evil. Their duet at the beginning of Act II included a second verse lampshading this, with the chorus: "How providential when you find / The face an index to the mind / And evil men compelled to call / Themselves by names like Gideon Crawle!" Gilbert left Adam as "Adam" in later editions — except in one line where Ruthven, without explanation, says "Gideon Crawle, it won't do...". | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_617f0563 | comment |
The newly reformed Despard reunites with Margaret, whom he had abandoned after being forced to turn evil, at the end of Act I. | |
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"Shaggy Frog" Story | |
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"Shaggy Frog" Story: | |
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The Ophelia | |
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The Ophelia: Parodied with Mad Margaret. The stage directions even specify that she should be "an obvious caricature of theatrical madness." | |
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Pair the Spares | |
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Pair the Spares: After Rose and Robin get together at the end, Richard hooks up with Zorah, who he's had no lines with before then. | |
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Mugging the Monster | |
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Mugging the Monster: "I shipped, d'ye see, in a revenue sloop..." | |
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BFS | |
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BFS: Dame Hannah appropriates one when confronting Sir Ruthven. | |
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Motor Mouth | |
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Motormouth: Those who sing the Patter Song. | |
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Posthumous Character | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Though some productions bring him back, Sir Rupert Murgatroyd is usually only employed as a posthumous character, having been the cruel first Baronet who ages ago went around genociding witches. | |
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| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8ccfcf8e | type |
Horny Sailors | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8ccfcf8e | comment |
Horny Sailors: Rose Maybud has several qualms about her betrothed, the dashing sailor Dick Dauntless, but the one she keeps coming back to is the probability that he has A Girl in Every Port: | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8ccfcf8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8ccfcf8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_8ccfcf8e | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_95d67d24 | type |
Get Thee to a Nunnery | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_95d67d24 | comment |
Get Thee to a Nunnery: Ruddigore was considered a very naughty name at the time — "ruddy" and "gore" are two synonyms for "bloody", a cussword that was more offensive even than "dammee," apparently. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_95d67d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_95d67d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_95d67d24 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_96144372 | type |
Aristocrats Are Evil | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_96144372 | comment |
Aristocrats Are Evil: "All baronets are bad…," we are told. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_96144372 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_96144372 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_96144372 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_991af300 | type |
Poke the Poodle | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_991af300 | comment |
Poke the Poodle: The crimes of Sir Ruthven (except, of course, when he shot a foxnote Shooting a fox was considered unsportsmanlike among Victorian gentry. The preferred method of disposal was by a team of hounds. Oh, horror!). | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_991af300 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_991af300 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_991af300 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9b06e314 | comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, the first Baronet of Ruddigore, caused the entire curse in the first place thanks to his ruthless witch trials and mass torture. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9b06e314 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9b06e314 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9b06e314 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9cb5e4bb | type |
Evil Costume Switch | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: At the start of the second act (in productions that don't bump it up to the first act curtain), Robin Oakapple reappears in full Dastardly Whiplash costume, often wearing a cape and generally flourishing a riding crop. Old Adam also tends to develop a hunch in some productions. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9cb5e4bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9cb5e4bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9cb5e4bb | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Mad Margaret is a pitiable madwoman in the first act, with her madness implied to stem from lost love. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9dd2cbc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9dd2cbc2 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9e1548b4 | type |
Old Retainer | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9e1548b4 | comment |
Old Retainer: Old Adam Goodheart. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9e1548b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9e1548b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_9e1548b4 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_a9e84230 | type |
Funny Schizophrenia | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_a9e84230 | comment |
Funny Schizophrenia: A lot of the humor surrounding Mad Margaret stems from her insanity. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_a9e84230 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: When asked casually by a theatre-goer how "Bloodygore" (see Bowdlerization, above) was doing, Gilbert replied, "The name is Ruddigore." "Well, it's the same thing, what?" said the man, to which Gilbert replied, "Then I suppose that if I say, 'I admire your ruddy countenance,' it's the same thing as, 'I like your bloody cheek.' Well, it isn't — and I don't! | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: Basingstoke it is! Also, every appearance of the Bridesmaids in Act I is punctuated by outbursts of "Hail the bridegroom! hail the bride!" | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b01abe4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b01abe4f | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b060856d | type |
Big Book of War | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b060856d | comment |
Big Book of War: Rose Maybud was raised from birth by a "little book of etiquette," the contents of which are never known except that Rose herself is an expert in all matters of propriety as a result. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b060856d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b060856d | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b156a790 | type |
Evil Sounds Raspy | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b156a790 | comment |
Evil Sounds Raspy: Lampshaded in Sir Despard's Villain's Lament. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b156a790 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b24ce4b2 | type |
Rearrange the Song | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b24ce4b2 | comment |
Rearrange the Song: For many years, the opera was not performed with its original (rather weak) overture (not by Sullivan himself, but by his assistant Hamilton Clarke), but with a new one composed by Savoy conductor Geoffrey Toye in 1919. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b24ce4b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b24ce4b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b24ce4b2 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b351349c | type |
Flowery Elizabethan English | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b351349c | comment |
Flowery Elizabethan English: Rose Maybud tends to speak in this style. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b351349c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b351349c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b351349c | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b5bd58a3 | type |
Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b5bd58a3 | comment |
Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor: The prosperous farmer Robin Oakapple and the poor sailor Richard Dauntless vie for Rose Maybud's hand. Rose prefers Robin, partly because his moral character is superior and partly because she's a Gold Digger, but turns to Richard when Robin's true identity is revealed, which invokes the curse that requires Robin/Ruthven to become a career criminal. When Ruthven breaks the curse with a Logic Bomb at the end of Act II, which allows him to become good again, Rose pivots back to him. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b5bd58a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b5bd58a3 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: Roderic orders Robin to carry off a lady, "I don't care what lady, any lady, choose your lady" to satisfy the curse. When said lady turns out to be Dame Hannah, Roderic's former fiancée, he reacts with indignation. "If you wish in the world to advance": | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b707726f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_b707726f | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: Richard Dauntless, according to Robin. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bfad4265 | type |
I Have You Now, My Pretty | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bfad4265 | comment |
I Have You Now, My Pretty: Subverted militantly by Dame Hannah, who when Robin is ordered by his ghostly ancestors to carry her off, turns the tables and begins to pursue him with a large dagger. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bfad4265 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bfad4265 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_bfad4265 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c132c0c5 | type |
I Have No Son! | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c132c0c5 | comment |
I Have No Son!: Inverted and played for laughs. Robin tries to satisfy the letter of his curse without doing anything genuinely terrible, so one of his "crimes" is to disinherit his only son. There's just one small problem: | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c132c0c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c132c0c5 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2d04a04 | type |
Names to Trust Immediately | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2d04a04 | comment |
Names to Trust Immediately: Adam Goodheart (subtly subverted, in that in Victorian British English, "Adam" was accented on the second syllable), Richard Dauntless (subverted in that he's actually a cowardly knave), Rose Maybud, and presumably the Posthumous Character Stephen Trusty (Dame Hannah's father). | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2d04a04 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2d04a04 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2e295cd | type |
Curse | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2e295cd | comment |
Curse: The catalyst of the whole plot. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2e295cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2e295cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c2e295cd | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c4286511 | type |
For Doom the Bell Tolls | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c4286511 | comment |
For Doom the Bell Tolls: Used in Toye's replacement overture, sometimes. | |
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1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c4286511 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c4286511 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c5b47b36 | type |
Offscreen Moment of Awesome | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c5b47b36 | comment |
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A prominent example, though not quite for the usual we-can't-afford-to-stage-this reason. The climax of the story, our hero Robin having a "Eureka!" Moment that solves everybody's problems, happens offstage while two of the supporting leads fall back in love with each other. It's only after their duet that Robin runs back on, dragging the entire cast with him, to explain what he's figured out. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c5b47b36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c5b47b36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c5b47b36 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c675d08c | type |
Compliment Backfire | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c675d08c | comment |
Compliment Backfire: "You are Rose Maybud? … Strange — they told me she was beautiful." | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c675d08c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c675d08c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c675d08c | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out To Shakespeare: Robin quotes "Alas, poor ghost!" Also, his faithful servant Adam is named after a similar character in As You Like It. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Self-Deprecation: In "My eyes are fully open to my awful situation":' And this dialogue: | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9597a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9597a03 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c960dde7 | type |
Melodrama | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c960dde7 | comment |
Melodrama: The conventions of Victorian melodramas are the primary satire/parody target of this operetta. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c960dde7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c960dde7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c960dde7 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9c317cd | type |
Last-Minute Hookup | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9c317cd | comment |
Last-Minute Hookup: Richard, aced out by Robin/Ruthven for Rose's affections just before the closing chorus, immediately and enthusiastically turns to Zorah, head of the professional bridesmaids corps. She accepts him with equal enthusiasm, despite having had no real interaction with him previously. This is typical of the "any partner is better than no partner" attitude that tends to prevail among Gilbert's characters. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9c317cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9c317cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_c9c317cd | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_cbe3d017 | type |
Damned by Faint Praise | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_cbe3d017 | comment |
Damned by Faint Praise: Used by Robin to reveal Richard's bad character to Rose. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_cbe3d017 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_cbe3d017 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_cbe3d017 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ccc73c34 | type |
Spooky Painting | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ccc73c34 | comment |
Spooky Painting: The ghosts of the former Bad Baronets emerge from their paintings to torment the current inheritor of the family curse. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ccc73c34 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ccc73c34 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ccc73c34 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | type |
MusicalWorldHypothesis | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | comment |
Musical World Hypothesis: Mad Margaret takes it as a sign of the other characters' madness that "they sing choruses in public!" As such the musical presumably exists in the Alternate Universe where everyone really is singing. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5b84171 | type |
PowerOfFriendship | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5b84171 | comment |
Power of Friendship: Parodied by Robin's claiming he would never speak a word against Richard, even when the latter is stealing his girl – and then loading him with such backhanded compliments that Rose speedily dumps the hapless mariner. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5b84171 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5b84171 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5b84171 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5f518d3 | type |
The Dead Can Dance | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5f518d3 | comment |
The Dead Can Dance: "When the Night Wind Howls", sung by Sir Roderick (a ghost) with a chorus of other ghostly ancestors. It is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5f518d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5f518d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d5f518d3 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d84a3beb | type |
Either/Or Title | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d84a3beb | comment |
Either/Or Title: Or, the Witch's Curse. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d84a3beb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d84a3beb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_d84a3beb | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_dbfd6b8 | type |
Lyrical Dissonance | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_dbfd6b8 | comment |
"You understand? I think I do" probably counts as a Villain Duet, despite the lines about how they have to do it because "duty must be done", and about how "painful" the duty is. It's a cheery bouncy song that they happily dance to the entire time they're singing it. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_dbfd6b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_dbfd6b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_dbfd6b8 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e0d20ea6 | type |
Intentionally Awkward Title | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e0d20ea6 | comment |
Intentionally Awkward Title: As mentioned above, the title Ruddigore was rather racy for its day— even worse before it was changed from the original, ''Ruddygore''— owing to its similarity to the rude word "bloody." | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e0d20ea6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e0d20ea6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e0d20ea6 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e2ef7c20 | type |
No Man of Woman Born | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e2ef7c20 | comment |
No Man of Woman Born: Robin's stroke of Fridge Logic frees the Murgatroyds from their curse, somehow bringing them all back to life. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e2ef7c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e2ef7c20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e2ef7c20 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5120d | type |
The Igor | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5120d | comment |
The Igor: After Robin Oakapple is transformed into Dastardly Whiplash-type Sir Ruthven, his servant, Adam Goodheart (AKA "Gideon Crawle"), spontaneously acquires a hump. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5120d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5120d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5120d | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5e6640b | type |
Flanderization | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5e6640b | comment |
Flanderization: The original Mad Margaret, Jessie Bond from the 1887 production, was a very sympathetic young woman driven almost but not quite to the point of madness. It wasn't until revivals in the 1920s that she became the raving lunatic she is frequently played as now. | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5e6640b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5e6640b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e5e6640b | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e6132e31 | type |
Old Flame | |
| Ruddigore (Theatre) / int_e6132e31 | comment |
Old Flame: The newly reformed Despard reunites with Margaret, whom he had abandoned after being forced to turn evil, at the end of Act I. Dame Hannah reunites with her long-lost love, Roderic, in Act II. | |
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Wooden Ships and Iron Men | |
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Wooden Ships and Iron Men: Parodied without mercy in Richard's song "The Darned Mounseer", which relates how the Royal Navy ship, threatened by a French Mounseer, bravely turned tail and fled the scene so as not to injure the poor inferior French sailors. | |
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Sanity Slippage Song | |
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Sanity Slippage Song: Despard and Margaret sing a song ("I once was a very abandoned person") all about how crazy and evil they used to be, before they got better. As the song progresses, they start to get a bit caught up in the crazy again, before restraining themselves. | |
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Everyone Must Be Paired | |
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Everyone Must Be Paired: The female chorus is paired off with either the revivified ghosts, or the visiting gentlemen from the city, depending on version. It's kind of set up in Act I, where the women gush over the visiting gentlemen because "The sons of the tillage / Who dwell in this village" ... "Though honest and active, / They're most unattractive". | |
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Silly Spook | |
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Silly Spook: The ghosts. Most stagings play them as The Comically Serious versions of Ghastly Ghosts. | |
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Crowd Song | |
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Crowd Song: All the choruses, which evokes some classic Lampshade Hanging from Mad Margaret, who comments, "They sing choruses in public! That's mad enough, I think." | |
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Survival Mantra | |
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Survival Mantra: Played for laughs; saying the word "Basingstoke"note a small town in northeast Hampshire, the location of an insane asylum always succeeds at bringing Mad Margaret to her senses. | |
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Dying Curse | |
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Dying Curse: The curse on the Murgatroyd line was pronounced by a witch whilst being burned at the stake. | |
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Romantic False Lead | |
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Romantic False Lead: Rose chooses Richard when Robin makes an (enforced) Face–Heel Turn in the first act finale, but easily switches back to Robin in the second. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Dame Hannah, near the end of Act II. | |
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Old Maid | |
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Old Maid: Dame Hannah states that she has pledged herself to an eternal maidenhood after being forced by ethical and moral considerations to stand up her love at the altar many years before. | |
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