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In Act II of Ruddigore, “Basingstoke” is Despard’s code word to calm Margaret down.
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Basingstoke was the name of a town in England that in the Victorian period had a mental institution. In the opera Ruddigore, Despard uses the name of the town to calm his hyperactive wife, Margaret. She spent the bulk of the first act insane fearing he did not love her.
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