THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Edith Courtney

Edith Courtney (1894)

[Born Holburn, London 2 May 1870]

Edith Courtney appeared as Melene in Utopia Limited with D'Oyly Carte's American Utopia Company in New York and Boston, March-June 1894.It was her only engagement with the D'Oyly Carte organization. She had earlier toured America as a chorister with a Paul Jones Company managed by Albert James in 1891.

Miss Courtney later appeared as Nora in George Dance and Ivan Caryll's musical comedy The Gay Parisienne at London's Duke of York's Theatre in 1896-97.

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