THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Sophie Hummell (1881, 1882)

[Born Elmira, Pennsylvania 19 Jan 1860, died New York, New York 22 Dec 1914]

Sophia Louisa Hummell's first appearance on the New York Stage was in a small part in a "Grand Pantomimic Burlesque Extravaganza," Grim Goblin, at Wallack's Theatre in August 1880.

She was a frequent chorister in D'Oyly Carte's New York productions at the Standard Theatre in 1881-82. She was a Charity Girl in Billee Taylor with Carte's First American Billee Taylor Company (February-May 1881), and was in the chorus on Claude Duval (March-April 1882) and Les Manteaux Noirs (September-October 1882). She was also in the chorus of Patience (September 1881-March 1882), as well, filling in briefly as the Lady Angela near the end of the run.

Miss Hummell would make frequent appearances in New York during the next few years in larger roles, culminating in November 1885, when she appeared at Koster & Bial's Concert Hall as Pity Sing (sic) in a burlesque version of The Mikado.

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