THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Mina Rowley (1882-84)

[Born Gonda, Bengal, India 27 Apr 1861, died Leicester 1941]

Georgina Mina Julia Elizabeth Rowley began her D'Oyly Carte career at New York's Standard Theatre in three productions: as Lazarillo (September-October 1882) in Bucalossi's Les Manteaux Noirs, Sara in Planquette's Rip Van Winkle (October-November 1882), and Celia in Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe (November 1882-February 1883).

She later appeared briefly in London at the Savoy, again as Celia, for the last months of Iolanthe there (October 1883-January 1884), before going back on tour, this time in the British provinces with Mr. D'Oyly Carte's "C" ("Patience" No. 1) Company as the Lady Ella in Patience and Rose Frumpington in the "curtain-raiser" A Private Wire (March-July 1884).

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