Ruddigore 2018

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Chairman’s MessageGood evening Ladies, Gentlemen andChildren.It is my great pleasure to welcome you toour production of Gilbert and Sullivan’sRuddigore, also titled The Witch’sCurse. This was the tenth collaborationof Gilbert and Sullivan and opened tothe public for the first time in January1887. It is a parody of the Victorianmelodrama complete with a dastardlyvillain, an innocent heroine and a galleryof disgruntled ghosts.I am delighted to welcome back AlanaThackray as our musical director who hasbeen very kind to and tolerant with me,in this my first year as Chairman of the Society,and in my first role as director of a show.Many thanks go to our scenic designers, Hazeland John Daniels, our rehearsal pianists, Pam Rogers and Brian Caves,and to everyone else who has contributed in any way, large or small, torehearsals, preparations and performances.Thank you for your continued support and I hope to see you at our concertnext spring and our production of The Pirates of Penzance next November.Have an entertaining evening and, if you enjoy what you see, why don’t youconsider joining us in a performing, backstage or front of house role.A dvd recording of this performance will be produced by Wizard VideoProductions Ltd. If you would like a copy, priced £20, please see any memberof the Society.If you would like to become a Patron of this Society please send your gift, howeversmall, to Hazel Daniels. “An acknowledgement will be sent”
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