Silence of the Lambs
After one-too-many "Hail-the-bridegrooms", Evil Sir Ruthven is
uncloaked for the scoundrel he is;
forgetting his "go away, vulgar girls" riposte, he loses it completely
and reveals his erstwhile
shepherd's crook to be a machete.
Mint sauce and chops for everyone in this laugh-a-minute tradegy. A
must-see.
Highland-Gore
A 400-year-old painting goes on a spree to destroy all other paintings
there can be only one!
Monty Python's Life of Robin
Robin Oakapple joins the People's Front of Bridesmaids - NOT the
Bridesmaidal People's Front -
led by (oddly enough) his foster brother, sailor/pirate Dick, who
persuades him to carry out
rebellious deeds against the rather ineffectual leader of Rederring,
Despard Pontius Pilate
Murgatroyd.
The PFB also contains Rose Maybud, who Robin falls in love with for
her ideals on revolution and
etiquette. However, things go wrong in the castle on their mission to
kidnap Mad Margaret for
ransom...and one thing leads to another until Robin is eventually (and
unwillingly) proclaimed as Baronet of Ruddigore
"He's not the Baronet of Ruddigore... no GO AWAY!"
A must-see, particularly with the controversial crucifixion scene of
all the Barons (past and present).
Baronets, Inc.
Bad baronets exist in the shadowy* world behind the paintings, and
generate their evil powers by
harnessing the banshee-like wailings of joyous bridesmaids believing
that there's to be a wedding
(HURRAH!)...but what happens when Rose Mayboo stumbles through one of
the paintings?!
Cue much hilarity, cuteness, singing and, possibly, a love philtre.
* (but very jolly and colourful and entirely suitable for small children)
My Big Fat G&S Wedding
A look into the life of one of the plainer bridesmaids in Rederring
let's call her Jane (just to be
cruel). Jane watches first Rose, then Zorah, then Ruth and all the
other bridesmaids marry all the
gentry (maybe she wasn't welcoming enough?) Eventually, having
attended and bridesmaided her
frumpy little heart out, she is the last of the corps of bridesmaids.
One day she wakes up and decides to eschew the pointless bridesmaid
garb (as everyone else is
married). As she rips off her velcro'd puffy dress (in the village
square) a wandering minstrel
appears and sings so badly to her that eventually she shuts him up by
kissing him...they get
married, he reveals himself to be the king of Cornwall, and they live
happily ever after.
(There should be a G&S style twist in there...maybe she should be
kidnapped by pirates just after he proposes, and
then find that she isn't allowed to leave the pirates until February
29th...)
The Murgatrix
Humble farmer Robin Oakapple is contacted by the mysterious Despeus,
who reveals to him that
his real name is Ruthven, and what he thought was the real world is
one enormous, worldwide
Victorian light operetta. Pursued by figures known as the Ancestors,
or the Ghosts in the Machine,
Ruthven finally learns to manipulate the libretto and score at will,
and reveals himself to be "The
Tenor", the mythical figure whose long-awaited coming it was
prophesied would save the show.
(There is no spoon lib Ed)
Ruddigore Dogs
Gang of violent ghosts cut off Ruthven's ear for not committing crime.
Trois Couleurs: Reddigore
Rose Maybud discovers her next door neighbour is committing a crime
every day.
Ghost
Dame Hannah employs a medium to help her dead lover, Sir Roderic, step
down from his frame.
Murga-Troy-d
Inhabitants of an ancient fishing village lay siege to a baronial
castle, as one of its inhabitants has
carried off a lady. They eventually sneak in by climbing inside a
giant statue of a bridesmaid (with ze
big boobies? Ed) that they give as a gift.
Ruddigorsford Park
Murder mystery which is solved when all the victims come back to life
on a painful and contrived
technicality
Scooby-Doo 2: Ruddigores Unleashed
Shaggy Dauntless, Freddie Oakapple, Velma Maybud, Deranged Daphne and
a computer-generated
dog investigate a mysterious witch who has been seen around the
village of Rederring.
They finally catch her in a cunning Scooby trap that involves making
her fall over and lose her
voice. They peel off her mask to reveal she is one of the bridesmaids,
who has been dressing as a
witch to scare all the audience members away from the Dancehouse
Theatre.
The Ruddygore Redemption
An ailing Baronet finds freedom and youthful exuberance once more
after a life of purgatory not
being imprisoned for crimes he did commit. He salves all his woes by
switching places with his
errant brother and leaving him to rot. Girls may sing.
Ruddi Wars
Robin StarApple, a simple farm boy, seeks the hand of Princess Maybud.
Darth Roderic is pursuing
them to bring Robin to the Dark side of the gallery.
Look out for: "You Killed My Uncle", "NO Robin, I am your Uncle".
Cheer at the end as Darth
Roderic realises he was alive all along and marries his lost love.
(Random thought the only character with hair like Margaret's in act
1 is Chewbacca...does this mean Darth
marries Chewwy?)
Ruddi Potter and the chorus of heaving bosoms
This time the witch is the good one and keeps galleries of paintings
in order that they must sing one
chorus every day. Evil lurks though as paintings mysteriously
disappear.
Dangerous Ruddigore
Two plotting friends, Robin and Rose, scheme and plot to destroy
people's lives with seduction and
intrigue. She loves them all desperately, only to leave them because
her book of etiquette demands it.
Robin, meanwhile, continues carrying off virgins with the help of his
manservant Azolan Goodheart.
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