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 | Savoy Theatre 1885 |
Fifth Avenue 1885 |
Savoy Theatre 1888 |
Savoy Theatre 1895 |
Savoy Theatre 1908 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mikado | Richard Temple | Frederick Federici | Richard Temple | R. Scott Fishe² | Henry Lytton |
| Nanki-Poo | Durward Lely | Courtice Pounds | J. G. Robertson | Charles Kenningham | Strafford Moss |
| Ko-Ko | George Grossmith | George Thorne | George Grossmith | Walter Passmore | Charles H. Workman |
| Pooh-Bah | Rutland Barrington | Fred Billington | Rutland Barrington | Rutland Barrington | Rutland Barrington |
| Pish-Tush | Frederick Bovill | Charles Richards | Richard Cummings | Jones Hewson | Leicester Tunks |
| Go-To1 | Rudolph Lewis | R. H. Edgar | Rudolph Lewis | Fred Drawater | |
| Yum-Yum | Leonora Braham | Geraldine Ulmar | Geraldine Ulmar | Florence Perry | Clara Dow |
| Pitti-Sing | Jessie Bond | Kate Forster | Jessie Bond | Jessie Bond | Jessie Rose |
| Peep-Bo | Sybil Grey | Geraldine St. Maur | Sybil Grey | Emmie Owen | Beatrice Boarer |
| Katisha | Rosina Brandram | Elsie Cameron | Rosina Brandram | Rosina Brandram | Louie René |
1Role of Go-To added from April 1885
²For 1896–97 revival, Richard Temple returned to play The Mikado during January–February 1896, and again from November 1896 – February 1897.
| Role | D'Oyly Carte 1915 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1925 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1935 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1945 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1951 Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mikado | Leicester Tunks | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt |
| Nanki-Poo | Dewey Gibson | Charles Goulding | Charles Goulding | John Dean | Neville Griffiths |
| Ko-Ko | Henry Lytton | Henry Lytton | Martyn Green | Grahame Clifford | Martyn Green |
| Pooh-Bah | Fred Billington | Leo Sheffield | Sydney Granville | Richard Walker | Richard Watson |
| Pish-Tush | Frederick Hobbs | Henry Millidge | Leslie Rands | Wynn Dyson | Alan Styler |
| Go-To | T. Penry Hughes | L. Radley Flynn | L. Radley Flynn | Donald Harris | |
| Yum-Yum | Elsie McDermid | Elsie Griffin | Kathleen Frances | Helen Roberts | Margaret Mitchell |
| Pitti-Sing | Nellie Briercliffe | Aileen Davies | Marjorie Eyre | Marjorie Eyre | Joan Gillingham |
| Peep-Bo | Betty Grylls | Beatrice Elburn | Elizabeth Nickell-Lean | June Field | Joyce Wright |
| Katisha | Bertha Lewis | Bertha Lewis | Dorothy Gill | Ella Halman | Ella Halman |
| Role | D'Oyly Carte 1955 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1965 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1975 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1982 Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mikado | Donald Adams | Donald Adams | John Ayldon | John Ayldon |
| Nanki-Poo | Neville Griffiths | Philip Potter | Colin Wright | Geoffrey Shovelton |
| Ko-Ko | Peter Pratt | John Reed | John Reed | James Conroy-Ward |
| Pooh-Bah | Fisher Morgan | Kenneth Sandford | Kenneth Sandford | Kenneth Sandford |
| Pish-Tush | Jeffrey Skitch | Thomas Lawlor | Michael Rayner | Peter Lyon |
| Go-To | John Banks | George Cook | John Broad | Thomas Scholey |
| Yum-Yum | Cynthia Morey | Valerie Masterson | Julia Goss | Vivian Tierney |
| Pitti-Sing | Joyce Wright | Peggy Ann Jones | Judi Merri | Lorraine Daniels |
| Peep-Bo | Beryl Dixon | Pauline Wales | Patricia Leonard | Roberta Morrell |
| Katisha | Ann Drummond-Grant | Christene Palmer | Lyndsie Holland | Patricia Leonard |
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