THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

H. G. Gordon as the Lord of Verlaines in The Beauty Stone

H. G. Gordon (1885-1901)

[Born Paris Feb 1858, died Ramsgate 29 Oct 1931]

Baritone Hubert George Gordon toured with Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "D" Company from February 1885 to June 1886. His roles were Arac in Princess Ida (February-May 1885), and Pish-Tush in The Mikado (August 1885-June 1887).

We next find Gordon at the Savoy where Company records show him in the men's chorus for productions of The Gondoliers (December 1889), The Nautch Girl (June 1891), The Mikado (June 1896), The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (November 1897), and The Emerald Isle (October 1901).

In between he filled in as Antonio in The Gondoliers for a spell in September 1890, while Antonio Medcalf deputized as Giuseppe, then took the small part of the Major Domo in the original London production of Haddon Hall (September 1892-April 1894). He later appeared as Pish-Tush in The Mikado (August, September, November-December 1895, February 1896, while the regular Pish-Tush, Jones Hewson, was absent or filling in as the Mikado or Pooh-Bah), as Second Yeoman in the First London revival of The Yeomen of the Guard (May-November 1897), as Giorgio in the 1898 First London revivals of The Gondoliers (March-May and again July-September), as the Lord of Verlaines in the original production of The Beauty Stone (May-July 1898), and briefly as the Associate in Trial by Jury (August 1899, while Albert Gater was playing Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore).

On June 12, 1906, H. G. Gordon participated in the Ellen Terry Jubilee Commemoration at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He was a one of dozens in the "crowd in court" in Trial by Jury. W. S. Gilbert was the Associate.

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