AUDITION PIECES FOR RUDDIGORE
All parts listed below relate to the Chappell Score and Libretto with revisions to be issued post-casting.
1. Rose – Soprano with 2 octave range
Music:
 Needs to be able to get a top B flat
 No part singing
 No 10 Act 1 pg 40 – 43, No 2 Act 2 pg 99 to end, and Finale Act 1 pg 82 – 83
Dialogue:
 Page 4 “Whither away....” to “.....and sayeth naught!”
 Page 12 “Sir you are agitated....” to “....Once!”
2. Margaret – Mezzo
Music:
 Range top F to bottom A
 No part singing
 No 11 Act 1 pg 44 – 47 vs 1 only and No 8 Act 2 pg 127 – 131
Dialogue:
 Page 19 “A Maiden, and in tears.....” to “quite, quite softly”
 Page 46 “Yes I know....” to “.....Basingstoke it is”
3. Hannah – Alto
Music:
 Highest note = E
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 2 Act 1 pg 15 – 18, Act 2 No 10 pg 135 – 136 3rd verse only, & Finale Act 1
pg 65 – 67
Dialogue:
 Page 2 “Nay Gentle Maidens....” to “...you shall hear the legend”
 Page 49 “Well sir....” to “.....you bad, bad boy”
4. Zorah – Soprano
Music:
 Needs to be able to get a top G
 No part singing
 No 1 Act 1 pg 11 – 13 inc sop chorus line, Finale Act 1 top line of pg 80 and pg
87 - 88
Dialogue:
 Page 2 “Nay gentle maidens...” to “Not you I trust!”
5. Robin/Sir Ruthven – Baritone
Music:
 Range top E to bottom A
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 4 Act 1 pg 22-25 verse 1 only, No 10 Act 1 pg 41 – 43, No 8 Act 2 pg 126 –
128
Dialogue:
 Page 14 “Well what news...” to “....through thick and thin!”
 Page 40 “I recognise you....” to “....it was anything like that!”
6. Richard – Tenor
Music:
 Range to top A flat or B flat if possible!
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 8 Act 1 pg 33 – 36, No 7 Act 1 pg 32, & No 10 Act 1 pg 41 to end
Dialogue:
 Page 10 “Robin!” to “....you two together for life!”
 Page 12 “Ah it’s a thousand pities....” to “....I’m a-goin’ to sail under?”
7. Sir Despard – Baritone
Music:
 Range E to bottom A with a low F# if possible
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 13 Act 1 pg 54 – 58, No 8 Act 2 pg 130 – 133
Dialogue:
 Page 23 “Poor children....” to “....regretted by all who knew me!”
 Page 45 “Our new life....” to “...then make it so”
8. Sir Roderic – baritone
Music:
 Range D to low A flat
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 5 Act 2 pg 111 – 117 & No 10 Act 2 pg 136 using 3rd time bar only
Dialogue:
 Page 40 “In a bad light...” to “....at once?”
9. Adam – Bass
Music:
 Top D to bottom E flat if possible
 Needs to be able to part sing
 No 1 Act 2 pg 95 – 96 & Act 1 Finale pg 65 – 67
Dialogue:
 Page 8 “My kind master...” to “....he comes this way”
10. Ruth – Speaking only. Will be cast from unsuccessful auditionee
11. There will be 2 parts that I have created at the start of the show “The Witch” who
will have some dialogue and one of Dame Hannah’s singing lines. This will be cast at
the Director’s discretion as it is not in the dramatis personae. The other will be Sir
Rupert Murgatroyd, speaking only, also cast at Director’s discretion.