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 | Paignton 1879 |
New York 1879 |
Opera Comique 1880 |
Savoy Theatre 1888 |
Savoy Theatre 1900 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-General | Richard Mansfield | J. H. Ryley | George Grossmith | George Grossmith | Henry Lytton |
| Pirate King | Frederick Federici | Sgr. Brocolini | Richard Temple | Richard Temple | Jones Hewson |
| Samuel | G. J. Lackner | Furneaux Cook | George Temple | Richard Cummings | W. H. Leon |
| James | John Le Hay | role eliminated | |||
| Frederic | Llewellyn Cadwaladr | Hugh Talbot | George Power | J. G. Robertson | Robert Evett |
| Sergeant | Fred Billington | Fred Clifton | Rutland Barrington | Rutland Barrington | Walter Passmore |
| Mabel | Emilie Petrelli | Blanche Roosevelt | Marion Hood | Geraldine Ulmar | Isabel Jay |
| Edith | Marian May | Jessie Bond | Julia Gwynne | Jessie Bond | Lulu Evans |
| Kate | Lena Monmouth | Rosina Brandram | Lilian La Rue | Nellie Kavanagh | Alice Coleman |
| Isabel | Kate Neville | Billie Barlow | Neva Bond | Nellie Lawrence | Agnes Fraser |
| Ruth | Fanny Harrison | Alice Barnett | Emily Cross | Rosina Brandram | Rosina Brandram |
| Role | Savoy Theatre 1908 |
D'Oyly Carte 1915 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1925 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1935 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1945 Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-General | Charles H. Workman | Henry Lytton | Henry Lytton | Martyn Green | Grahame Clifford |
| Pirate King | Henry Lytton | Leicester Tunks | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt | Darrell Fancourt |
| Samuel | Leo Sheffield | Frederick Hobbs | Joseph Griffin | Richard Walker | Hilton Layland |
| Frederic | Henry Herbert | Dewey Gibson | Charles Goulding | John Dean | John Dean |
| Sergeant | Rutland Barrington | Fred Billington | Leo Sheffield | Sydney Granville | Richard Walker |
| Mabel | Dorothy Court | Elsie McDermid | Elsie Griffin | Kathleen Frances | Helen Roberts |
| Edith | Jessie Rose | Nellie Briercliffe | Eileen Sharp | Marjorie Eyre | Marjorie Eyre |
| Kate | Beatrice Boarer | Betty Grylls | Aileen Davies | Maisie Baxter | Ivy Sanders |
| Isabel | Ethel Lewis | Kitty Twinn | Hilary Davies | Elizabeth Nickell-Lean | Rosalie Dyer |
| Ruth | Louie René | Bertha Lewis | Bertha Lewis | Dorothy Gill | Ella Halman |
| Role | D'Oyly Carte 1950 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1958 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1968 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1975 Tour |
D'Oyly Carte 1981 Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major-General | Martyn Green | Peter Pratt | John Reed | James Conroy-Ward | Alistair Donkin |
| Pirate King | Darrell Fancourt | Donald Adams | Donald Adams | John Ayldon | John Ayldon |
| Samuel | Donald Harris | George Cook | Alan Styler | Jon Ellison | Michael Buchan |
| Frederic | Leonard Osborn | Thomas Round | Philip Potter | Colin Wright | Meston Reid |
| Sergeant | Richard Watson | Kenneth Sandford | George Cook | Michael Rayner | Clive Harre |
| Mabel | Muriel Harding | Jean Hindmarsh | Valerie Masterson | Julia Goss | Vivian Tierney |
| Edith | Joan Gillingham | Joyce Wright | Peggy Ann Jones | Patricia Leonard | Jill Pert |
| Kate | Joyce Wright | Marian Martin | Pauline Wales | Caroline Baker | Helene Witcombe |
| Isabel | Enid Walsh | Jane Fyffe | Susan Maisey | Rosalind Griffiths | Alexandra Hann |
| Ruth | Ella Halman | Ann Drummond-Grant | Christene Palmer | Lyndsie Holland | Patricia Leonard |
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