THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

P. Thompson Flucker

P. Thompson Flucker (1893-96)

[Born Constantinople, Turkey 1869, died Prestwich, Lancashire 1 Oct 1920]

Peter Thompson Flucker was a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "C" chorus for the four years spanning January 1893 and December 1896. He then assumed the duties of advance (publicity) manager for the same Company, a post he held until March 1902.

After leaving the D'Oyly Carte organization, Flucker remained in theatrical management. He was manager of George Dance's Company presenting the musical comedy Our Miss Gibbs on tour in 1911.

Flucker's first wife was D'Oyly Carte chorister Alice Lorraine. She died in 1897, and in 1901 he married to D'Oyly Carte soprano Ada Leech. Flucker died in October 1920 at the Lunatic Asylum, Prestwich, Lancashire.




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