Gilbert and Sullivan Archive

Iolanthe


You are here: Archive Home > Iolanthe > Opening Night Cast

Opening Night Cast

First Night Programme Cover
The Lord Chancellor Mr. George Grossmith
Earl of Mountararat Mr. Rutland Barrington
Earl Tolloller Mr. Durward Lely
Private Willis (of the Greandier Guards) Mr. Charles Manners
Strephon (an Arcadian Shepherd) Mr. Richard Temple
Queen of the Fairies Miss Alice Barnett
Iolanthe (a Fairy, Strephon's Mother) Miss Jessie Bond
Fairies:  
  Leila Miss Julia Gwynne
  Celia Miss May Fortescue
  Fleta Miss Sybil Grey
Phyllis (an Arcadian Shepherdess and Ward in Chancery)
  Miss Leonora Braham

Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, and Fairies


ACT I — An Arcadian Landscape ACT II — Palace Yard, Westminster

Date — between 1700 and 1882

Archive Home  |  Iolanthe

Page Created 22 August, 2011