References in Popular Culture
In 1948, Flanders and Swann wrote a song called "In the D'Oyly Cart", a satire of the company and the rote "business" and gestures that it was accused of perpetuating. It was first performed in the revue Oranges and Lemons (1948) and revived in Penny Plain (1951). It was broadcast in 1974 and included as the first track on the 1975 Flanders and Swann album, And Then We Wrote.
A one-act parody, called A "G. & S." Cocktail; or, A Mixed Savoy Grill, written by Lauri Wylie, with music by Herman Finck, premiered on 9 March 1925 at the London Hippodrome as part of the revue Better Days. It was also broadcast by the BBC. It concerned a nightmare experienced by a D'Oyly Carte tenor. The company is mentioned in the 1937 musical I'd Rather Be Right, with a score by Rodgers & Hart and a book by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
A 1974 episode of Steptoe and Son called "Back in Fashion" used the name of the company as Cockney rhyming slang: "If you wants a "D'Oyly Carte" make sure you goes outside". The company is also mentioned on the television show Family Guy (Season 7, Episode 5: "The Man with Two Brians"). Buzz Killington says, "Let's both revisit the birth of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company."
A children's theatre company in London is called "Oily Cart", a play on the name of the company.
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