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McGill Savoy Society’s Ruddigore filled with whimsy
by Valerie Cardinal
The McGill Savoy Society’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore is worth seeing for the amount of work that obviously went into it. The premise is complex; long ago, the baronets of Ruddigore were cursed. If the holder of the title does not commit a crime everyday, he dies in agony. One of the future baronets, Ruthven Murgatroyd, ran away and disguised himself as a farmer, leaving his brother Despard to take his place. When Ruthven falls in love with the fair Rose Maybud, his foster brother Richard reveals Ruthven’s identity to get the girl himself, forcing the baronet to assume his title and appease his ghostly ancestors.
