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MICHAEL NASH: RUDDYGORE, as it was originally called, opened 22 January 1887, while The Mikado was still going strong. Initial reactions to it were very mixed: some loved it, others booed it and called for " Mikado" to be re-instated. RUDDIGORE underwent more post-first-night editing than any other Gilbert And Sullivan opera; it also wasn't revived until after Sullivan's death.

• A Short-Attention-Span Plot Summary
• Satirizing Melodrama
• From Ruddygore to Ruddigore
• Ruddigore Cuts
• Analyzing the Music
• The Music: More Observations
• Patter
  • Robin / Sir Ruthven
  • The Patter Trio
• The Ghosts
• The Curse
• Sweet Rose Maybud
• Ruddigore & the Sorcerer: a Comparison
• Dating the Murgatroyd Dynasty
• Bloodybore?
• Also Occurring in 1887
• Ruddigore Web Sites

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