Ruddigore
(or The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore). A 1887 comic opera in two acts, one of the Savoy Operas by Gilbert and Sullivan [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1942 and 1949.
Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society in 1957, 1962, 1975, 1985 and 1995.
Produced by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society and performed at the Baxter Theatre in 1985, directed by Teddy Davies. Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Elizabeth Wright, Charmaine Ferreira, Marianne McLean, Graham Boxall, Angus McBride, Margaret Hill, Forbes Smith, Peter Kramer, Kim Ribbink, Alan Saffery.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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