Ruby and the Ruby

Ruby and the Ruby is a stage play originating from Club Penguin Island, that has since been turned into a film due to its widespread popularity. It was written by the (then) up-and-coming Club Penguinite stage play writer and director Hector Iceberg, its genre being crime, detective and mystery.

Background
Ruby and the Ruby is based off of the real diamond heist that occurred in crime-filled South Pole City in the 1930s. The plot of the play downtuned the crime, so that the play could be family-friendly while still being entertaining.

Production
Club Penguinite writer and director Hector Iceberg thought of this play shortly after looking up historical crimes in Antarctica, in early 2008. He wrote out his script, plot and character ideas and put them in his "little blue book", which is where he stores all of his ideas for plays and films until they are needed. When late August came around, Hector decided to direct a new play rather than bring back another encore, and he knew he could due to the stage-play cheque he received every few months from the Club Penguin Fine Arts Academy (managers of The Stage). After looking over all of his "play idea" notes, he decided that "Ruby and the Ruby", original title "The Diamond Crime", would be his next production. So, on September 1st, he got to work finding good actors and having props built from the 20,000 coin budget-cheque he received. After Iceberg hired Ruby S. Railroadings as the lead actress, he decided to change a few elements of the play, including the replacement of "diamond" with "ruby" to be named after the actress.

Expansion
Some time after the play premiered, every penguin in Antarctica wanted to experience "Ruby and the Ruby". So, other large cities like South Pole City began to have their own stage play, and eventually Iceberg agreed to directing a movie based on the play. Fortunately or unfortunately, with the individual stage plays in different cities, they were all a bit different due to them having different directors (and none of them being Hector Iceberg). Nonetheless, Ruby and the Ruby has still remained one of the most popular features in the "modern era", between the play and the movie.

Plot
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Although the play is named after Ruby, and it may seem as though she is the main character, the play is actually narrated by Jacques Hammer, and follows his investigation of the missing ruby gemstone. As with the real life South Pole City diamond heist, this play is made to look like it takes place in the 1930s.

After Ms. Ruby loses her precious gemstone, she enlists the help of detective Jacques Hammer to find it. He searches around her residence and questions multiple suspects, and eventually finds her missing ruby, which was stolen by Dom.

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Cast & crew

 * Hector Iceberg - Director
 * Unknown as Jacques Hammer, the mysterious detective that helps Ruby find her missing gem.
 * Ruby S. Railroadings as Ms. Ruby, a rich woman who loses her precious ruby gemstone.
 * Unknown as Tenor, a fishy-looking hopscotch gang member who is a suspect of Hammer's ruby investigation.
 * Unknown as Dom, the seemingly loyal doorman at Ruby's hotel.

Ratings
The play received many positive - a reason why everybody in Antarctica wanted to experience it as soon as they could. Only one negative review was published, which critisied the "simplistic" plot, and how, to the reviewer, it seemed obvious that the doorman Dom would become the culprit. Otherwise, the play and the film generally received five stars.

Awards and nominations
Ruby and the Ruby was nominated for all five awards at both Penguin Play Awards- 2009 and 2010. Unfortunately, the play didn't win a single award due to The Quest for the Golden Puffle's major success and popularity.

Trivia

 * It is one of The Stage's most famous and popular plays among Club Penguin citizens. It has been shown at The Stage a total of 7 times including it's debut. Although it is very popular in Club Penguin, for some reason it didn't win any awards at the Penguin Play Awards.