Bunthorne - Historical Casting

Historical Casting

The following tables show the casts of the principal original productions and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring repertory at various times through to the company's 1982 closure:

Role	Opera Comique 1881	Standard Theatre 1881	Savoy Theatre 1900	Savoy Theatre 1907
Colonel	Richard Temple	William T. Carleton	Jones Hewson	Frank Wilson
Major	Frank Thornton	Arthur Wilkinson	W. H. Leon	Richard Andean
Duke	Durward Lely	Llewellyn Cadwaladr	Robert Evett	Harold Wilde
Bunthorne	George Grossmith	J. H. Ryley	Walter Passmore	Charles H. Workman
Grosvenor	Rutland Barrington	James Barton Key	Henry Lytton	John Clulow
Solicitor	George Bowley	William White	H. Carlyle Pritchard	Ronald Greene
Angela	Jessie Bond	Alice Burville	Blanche Gaston-Murray	Jessie Rose
Saphir	Julia Gwynne	Rose Chapelle	Lulu Evans	Marie Wilson
Ella	May Fortescue	Alma Stuart Stanley	Agnes Fraser	Ruby Gray
Jane	Alice Barnett	Augusta Roche	Rosina Brandram	Louie René
Patience	Leonora Braham	Carrie Burton	Isabel Jay	Clara Dow

Role	D'Oyly Carte 1915 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1925 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1935 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1945 Tour
Colonel	Frederick Hobbs	Darrell Fancourt	Darrell Fancourt	Darrell Fancourt
Major	Allen Morris	Martyn Green	Frank Steward	C. William Morgan
Duke	Dewey Gibson	Charles Goulding	John Dean	Herbert Garry
Bunthorne	Henry Lytton	Henry Lytton	Martyn Green	Grahame Clifford
Grosvenor	Leicester Tunks	Henry Millidge	Leslie Rands	Leslie Rands
Solicitor	E. A. Cotton	Alex Sheahan	W. F. Hodgkins	Ernest Dale
Angela	Nellie Briercliffe	Aileen Davies	Marjorie Eyre	Marjorie Eyre
Saphir	Ella Milne	Beatrice Elburn	Elizabeth Nickell-Lean	Doreen Binnion
Ella	Phyllis Smith	Irene Hill	Margery Abbott	Rosalie Dyer
Jane	Bertha Lewis	Bertha Lewis	Dorothy Gill	Ella Halman
Patience	Elsie McDermid	Winifred Lawson	Doreen Denny	Margery Abbott

Role	D'Oyly Carte 1950 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1957 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1965 Tour	D'Oyly Carte 1975 Tour
Colonel	Darrell Fancourt	Donald Adams	Donald Adams	John Ayldon
Major	Peter Pratt	John Reed	Alfred Oldridge	James Conroy-Ward
Duke	Leonard Osborn	Leonard Osborn	Philip Potter	Meston Reid
Bunthorne	Martyn Green	Peter Pratt	John Reed	John Reed
Grosvenor	Alan Styler	Arthur Richards	Kenneth Sandford	Kenneth Sandford
Solicitor	Ernest Dale	Wilfred Stelfox	Jon Ellison	Jon Ellison
Angela	Joan Gillingham	Beryl Dixon	Peggy Ann Jones	Judi Merri
Saphir	Joyce Wright	Elizabeth Howarth	Pauline Wales	Patricia Leonard
Ella	Muriel Harding	Jean Hindmarsh	Valerie Masterson	Rosalind Griffiths
Jane	Ella Halman	Ann Drummond-Grant	Christene Palmer	Lyndsie Holland
Patience	Margaret Mitchell	Cynthia Morey	Ann Hood	Pamela Field

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