 After a run shorter than any of the earlier Gilbert and Sullivan operas premiered at the Savoy except "Princess Ida", "Ruddigore" closed in November 1887, to make way for a revival of "H.M.S.Pinafore".To allow the revival of the earlier work to be prepared at the Savoy, the last two performances of "Ruddigore" were given at the Crystal Palace, on 8 and 9 November.