MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 20, 1955
Closing Date
Oct 22, 1955
Performances
8
MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
This production played in repertory with Iolanthe, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Princess Ida, Ruddigore
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Oct 20, 1955 - Oct 22, 1955)
Description
An operetta in two acts
Setting
The fishing village of Rederring, in Cornwall. Picture gallery in Ruddigore Castle. Early in the 19th century.
  • People
    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Directed by Robert A. Gibson
    Scenic Design by Peter Goffin; Costume Design by Peter Goffin
    General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
    Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
    Press Representative: Gerald Goode
    Donald Adams
    Sir Roderic Murgatroyd
    John Banks
    Old Adam Goodheart
    Ann Drummond-Grant
    Dame Hannah
    Joyce Farrer
    Ruth
    Cynthia Morey
    Rose Maybud
    Fisher Morgan
    Sir Despard Murgatroyd
    Leonard Osborn
    Richard Dauntless
    Peter Pratt
    Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd
    May Sanderson
    Zorah
    Joyce Wright
    Mad Margaret
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
    Act 1
    Sung By
    Fair is Rose as bright May day
    Zorah and Chorus of Bridesmaids
    Sir Rupert Murgatroyd His leisure and his riches
    Dame Hannah and Chorus
    If somebody there chanced to be
    Rose Maybud
    I know a youth who loves a little maid
    Rose Maybud and Robin Oakapple
    From the briny seas comes young Richard
    Chorus of Bridesmaids
    I shipped, d'ye see, in a revenue sloop
    Richard Dauntless
    My boy, you may take it from me
    Robin Oakapple
    The battle's roar is over, O my love!
    Rose Maybud and Richard Dauntless
    If well his suit is sped
    Chorus of Bridesmaids
    In sailing o'er life's ocean wide
    Rose Maybud, Richard Dauntless and Robin Oakapple
    Cheerily carols the lark Over the cot
    Mad Margaret
    Welcome gentry
    Chorus
    O why am I moody and sad
    Sir Despard Murgatroyd
    You understand? I think I do
    Richard Dauntless and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
    Hail the bride of seventeen summers
    Act 2
    Sung By
    I once was as meek as a newborn lamb
    Robin Oakapple and Old Adam Goodheart
    Happily coupled are we, you see
    Rose Maybud and Richard Dauntless
    In bygone days I had thy love
    Rose Maybud and Chorus of Bridesmaids
    Painted emblems of a race
    Robin Oakapple, Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd and Chorus
    When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls
    Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd and Chorus
    He yields! He yields!
    Chorus
    Away, remorse! Compunction, hence!
    Robin Oakapple
    I once was a very abandon'd person
    Mad Margaret and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
    My eyes are fully open to my awful situation
    Mad Margaret, Robin Oakapple and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
    There grew a little flower 'neath a great oak tree
    Dame Hannah and Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd
    When a man has been a naughty Baronet
Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Directed by Robert A. Gibson
Scenic Design by Peter Goffin; Costume Design by Peter Goffin
General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
Press Representative: Gerald Goode
Donald Adams
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd
John Banks
Old Adam Goodheart
Ann Drummond-Grant
Dame Hannah
Joyce Farrer
Ruth
Cynthia Morey
Rose Maybud
Fisher Morgan
Sir Despard Murgatroyd
Leonard Osborn
Richard Dauntless
Peter Pratt
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd
May Sanderson
Zorah
Joyce Wright
Mad Margaret
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
Fair is Rose as bright May day
Zorah and Chorus of Bridesmaids
Sir Rupert Murgatroyd His leisure and his riches
Dame Hannah and Chorus
If somebody there chanced to be
Rose Maybud
I know a youth who loves a little maid
Rose Maybud and Robin Oakapple
From the briny seas comes young Richard
Chorus of Bridesmaids
I shipped, d'ye see, in a revenue sloop
Richard Dauntless
My boy, you may take it from me
Robin Oakapple
The battle's roar is over, O my love!
Rose Maybud and Richard Dauntless
If well his suit is sped
Chorus of Bridesmaids
In sailing o'er life's ocean wide
Rose Maybud, Richard Dauntless and Robin Oakapple
Cheerily carols the lark Over the cot
Mad Margaret
Welcome gentry
Chorus
O why am I moody and sad
Sir Despard Murgatroyd
You understand? I think I do
Richard Dauntless and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
Hail the bride of seventeen summers
Act 2
Sung By
I once was as meek as a newborn lamb
Robin Oakapple and Old Adam Goodheart
Happily coupled are we, you see
Rose Maybud and Richard Dauntless
In bygone days I had thy love
Rose Maybud and Chorus of Bridesmaids
Painted emblems of a race
Robin Oakapple, Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd and Chorus
When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls
Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd and Chorus
He yields! He yields!
Chorus
Away, remorse! Compunction, hence!
Robin Oakapple
I once was a very abandon'd person
Mad Margaret and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
My eyes are fully open to my awful situation
Mad Margaret, Robin Oakapple and Sir Despard Murgatroyd
There grew a little flower 'neath a great oak tree
Dame Hannah and Ghost of Sir Roderic Murgatroyd
When a man has been a naughty Baronet
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