THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Cora Lingard as Mustardseed in A Princess of Kensington

Cora Lingard (1903)

[Born Edinburgh 8 Aug 1880; died Pulborough, Horsham, West Sussex 12 Aug 1966]

Cora Menzies Lingard created the two small roles of the fairy Mustardseed and Lady Jellicoe in A Princess of Kensington at the Savoy (January-May 1903). It was her only appearance with the D'Oyly Carte organization.

She appeared in a musical trifle, What About It?, at the Scala Theatre in 1913, and in an entertainment that preceded Herbert Thomas's My Son at the Ambassadors in 1922.

Her sister Ruby Lingard toured with D'Oyly Carte Repertoire Opera Company "C" as a chorister in 1903 and 1904.

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