THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Adelaide Gracey (1880-1908)

[Born St. Pancras 20 Aug 1863, died Bickley, Kent 20 Jun 1963]

Adelaide Cecelia Gracey Elliot joined the D'Oyly Carte organization as a chorister in January 1880 with Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "Second 'Pinafore'" Company. She was with Carte's "B" Company in 1881 and reportedly signed her last contract with Mrs. (Helen) D'Oyly Carte in 1908, though it unclear how much service she had with the D'Oyly Cartes in intervening years. There were gaps in 1882 (pantomime in Manchester) and 1888 (tour of Stephenson & Cellier's Dorothy).

She died in June 1963 just two months shy of her hundredth birthday.

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