D'Oyly Carte

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Family and Intimate relationships Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Madeline Bradley most likely met her husband, the English actor and singer John Handford Ryley , in 1878 when she was touring with Carte's Comedy Opera Company (now the D'Oyly Carte) and performing in a...
Family and Intimate relationships Pamela Hansford Johnson
PHJ 's mother, Amy Clotilda (Howson) Johnson , came from a family that was heavily involved in the theatre, and had been an actress and singer. Several members of the Howson family had achieved a...
Occupation Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Madeline Bradley first began acting on the Londonstage at fourteen, when she played Queen of the Fairies in a Christmas pantomime. Early in her career, she adopted the stage name Madeleine Lucette. She...
Occupation Florence Marryat
A woman of varied accomplishments,
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
FM was said to have managed a school of journalism in addition to being an actress, singer (for some years distinguished upon the operatic stage),
Swan, Annie S. The Woman at Home. Warwick Magazine Company.
5 (1897): 191

Timeline

25 March 1875: Trial by Jury, the first light opera by Sir...

Writing climate item

25 March 1875

Trial by Jury, the first light opera by Sir W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan , opened on stage; it was published, with the score, in 1888.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

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