THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

J. T. Macmillan as King Paramount in Utopia Limited

J. T. Macmillan (1892-94)

[Born Glasgow 1 Jan 1859, died Lambeth, London 28 Jul 1927]

James Thomson Macmillan made his stage debut in Greenock, Scotland in September 1879 in F. C. Bernand's Proof. Over the next decade he toured the British provinces extensively including a stretch with C. Bernard's Billee Taylor Company as Sir Mincing Lane in the mid-1880s. He made his London debut in October 1890 in the play Human Nature at the Elephant & Castle Theatre.

Macmillan toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "D" from December 1892 to June 1894 and Carte's Company "A" from July-August 1894. His roles were Bedford Rowe in The Vicar of Bray, The McCrankie in Haddon Hall (both December 1892-December 1893), and King Paramount in Utopia Limited (from December 1893 forward).

Macmillan appeared regularly on tour (and sporadically in London) in legitimate plays and musical comedies until his death in 1927. His last appearance in London was as Harry Hart in What Money Can Buy (a "drama of modern life," Lyceum, September-December 1923).

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