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While mocking popular melodramas of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century England, Ruddygore is a melodrama in its own right. The plot revolves around a country gentleman Robin Oakapple (Phillip Resnick) who has run away from his position as the duke of Murgatroyd because in order to be duke, he must follow a long-standing family tradition and (of course) commit a crime a day. Oakapple falls in love with the beautiful village maiden Rose Maybud (Erika Fox Zabusky) who has a particular fetish with etiquette...
Wandering into the storyline are Richard Dauntless (Dan Hovey), an old friend of Robin who knows his true origins and fall in love with Rose; Sir Despard Murgatoyd (David Chase) Robin's younger brother who inherited the family curse after the supposed death of his brother and who plans to carry Rose off as one of his crimes, and Mad Margaret (Katherine Sommers), who is desperately in love with Sir Despard, Professional bridesmaids--frustrated country maids--and country gentlemen who later double as Murgatroyd ghosts provide delightful choruses and cavort and dance all over the stage...
Resnick, as Robin, is unfortunately the hardest to hear. He has occasion to sing numerous solos, most of which get drowned out by the frequently overpowering orchestra. Resnick has an excellent stage presence and he delivers his dramatic lines well, strongly conveying his character's unwillingness to accept his role as the crime-committing Duke of Murgatroyd. Yet he speaks his songs, and we never get a chance to hear his real voice...
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