THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Maude Roderick (1886-87)

[Born Fulham, London 1860, died Dundee, Scotland 11 Sep 1892]

Contralto Maude Roderick (born Ezerener Maud Sims) appeared on tour with three D'Oyly Carte companies in 1886 and 1887. Her roles were Katisha in The Mikado (Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "D" Company, deputizing for Fanny Edwards, September 1886), Dame Hannah (on occasion, March 1887) and Ruth (March-July 1887) in Ruddigore (Carte's "C" Company), and Katisha again (D'Oyly Carte's "E" Company, August-December 1887).

In December 1887, she left the Carte organization to appear in Liverpool in the pantomime Bluebeard. She worked on the variety stage for two more years, married in 1889, but died three year later at age 32.

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