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 1884 |
Fifth Avenue 1884 |
Fifth Avenue 1887 |
D'Oyly Carte 1910 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1920 Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hildebrand | Rutland Barrington | Sgr Brocolini | Sgr Brocolini | Fred Billington | Leo Sheffield |
| Hilarion | Henry Bracy | Wallace Macreery | Courtice Pounds | Henry Herbert | Arthur Lucas |
| Cyril | Durward Lely | W. S. Rising | Phil Branson | Strafford Moss | Derek Oldham |
| Florian | Charles Ryley | Charles F. Long | Stuart Harold | Leicester Tunks | Sydney Granville |
| King Gama | George Grossmith | J. H. Ryley | J. W. Herbert | Henry Lytton | Henry Lytton |
| Arac | Richard Temple | W. Ainsley Scott | Joseph Fay | Sydney Granville | Frederick Hobbs |
| Guron | Warwick Gray | James Earley | N. S. Burnham | Fred Hewett | Joe Ruff |
| Scynthius | William Lugg | E. J. Conley | L. W. Raymond | George Sinclair | George Sinclair |
| Princess Ida | Leonora Braham | Cora S. Tanner | Geraldine Ulmar | Marjorie Stone | Sylvia Cecil |
| Lady Blanche | Rosina Brandram | Genevieve Reynolds | Alice Carle | Bertha Lewis | Bertha Lewis |
| Lady Psyche | Kate Chard | Florence Bemister | Helen Lamont | Mabel Graham | Gladys Sinclair |
| Melissa | Jessie Bond | Hattie Delaro | Agnes Stone | Beatrice Boarer | Nellie Briercliffe |
| Sacharissa | Sybil Grey | Eva Barrington | Edith Jennesse | Myfanwy Newell | Nancy Ray |
| Chloe | Miss Heathcote | Eily Coghlan | Miss Branson | Anna Bethell | Winifred Downing |
| Ada | Miss Twyman | Clara Primrose | Miss McCann | Ethel Gledhill | Nell Raymond |
| Role | D'Oyly Carte 1929 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1939 Tour |
Savoy Theatre 1954 |
D'Oyly Carte 1965 Tour |
Savoy Theatre 1975 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Hildebrand | Joseph Griffin | Sydney Granville | Fisher Morgan | Kenneth Sandford | Kenneth Sandford |
| Hilarion | Derek Oldham | John Dudley | Thomas Round | Philip Potter | Colin Wright |
| Cyril | Charles Goulding | John Dean | Leonard Osborn | David Palmer | Ralph Mason |
| Florian | Leslie Rands | Leslie Rands | Jeffrey Skitch | Alan Styler | Thomas Lawlor |
| King Gama | Henry Lytton | Martyn Green | Peter Pratt | John Reed | John Reed |
| Arac | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt | Donald Adams | Donald Adams | John Ayldon |
| Guron | Richard Walker | Richard Walker | John Banks | Anthony Raffell | Michael Rayner |
| Scynthius | L. Radley Flynn | L. Radley Flynn | Trevor Hills | George Cook | Jon Ellison |
| Princess Ida | Winifred Lawson | Helen Roberts | Victoria Sladen | Ann Hood | Valerie Masterson |
| Lady Blanche | Bertha Lewis | Evelyn Gardiner | Ann Drummond-Grant | Christene Palmer | Lyndsie Holland |
| Lady Psyche | Sybil Gordon | Margery Abbott | Muriel Harding | Valerie Masterson | Julia Goss |
| Melissa | Nellie Briercliffe | Marjorie Eyre | Beryl Dixon | Pauline Wales | Pauline Wales |
| Sacharissa | Nancy Ray | Maysie Dean | Cynthia Morey | Anne Sessions | Anne Egglestone |
| Chloe | Beatrice Elburn | Ivy Sanders | Margaret Dobson | Jennifer Marks | Marjorie Williams |
| Ada | Nancy Hughes | Marjorie Flinn | Maureen Melvin | Elizabeth Mynett | Rosalind Griffiths |
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