THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

William Lee (1885-87)

[Born c.1859]

William Lee was a chorister and understudy with D'Oyly Carte's First American Mikado Company, playing in New York and Boston between August 1885 and May 1886. During the tour he filled in on occasion for Frederick Federici as The Mikado. In February 1887 he returned to New York as a chorister with Carte's First American Ruddygore Company. Ruddygore ran at New York's Fifth Avenue Theatre until April  9.

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