A villain's daily to-do list: crime at dawn, charity by lunch, die anyway if you skip.
The Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony. He hates the curse, doing his heinous misdeeds as early as possible and good works for the rest of the day to compensate!
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Sullivan melodies that will colonize your brain for days
Director
Joy Batchelor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joy Batchelor co-directed 'Animal Farm' (1954) before this TV operetta gig.
Ruddigore was Gilbert & Sullivan's 'flop'—revived decades later as a cult favorite for its meta-commentary on melodrama conventions.
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