Henry Lytton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Lytton

British actor and singer

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1865

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1936

Profession: actor, singer, stage actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Henry Lytton

  • Sir Henry Lytton (3 January 1865 – 15 August 1936) was an English actor and singer who was the leading exponent of the comic patter-baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the early part of the twentieth century.
  • His career in these Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company spanned 50 years, and he is the only person ever knighted for achievements as a Gilbert and Sullivan performer. Lytton began his career singing in operettas and plays, also doing odd jobs in the early 1880s.
  • His wife, Louie Henri, performed with him and helped him get started in theatre, also serving as his music and acting coach.
  • Lytton joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on tour in 1884 and, after various tours, performed with the company at the Savoy Theatre in London in 1886 and 1887.
  • After this, he played almost continuously with D'Oyly Carte touring companies for a decade as principal comedian, performing roles like Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S.
  • Pinafore, Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance and Ko-Ko in The Mikado.
  • He returned to the Savoy Theatre from 1897 to 1903, where he created a number of roles and played a large variety of roles with D'Oyly Carte, although not the principal comedian roles. When the D'Oyly Carte company left the Savoy Theatre in 1903, Lytton left the company.
  • He then starred in a number of successful Edwardian musical comedies for the next four years, including The Earl and the Girl, The Spring Chicken, The Little Michus and Billee Taylor.
  • He also performed in music hall.
  • During the D'Oyly Carte repertory seasons at the Savoy between 1906 and 1909, Lytton rejoined the company, again playing a variety of roles, but mostly not the principal comedian roles.
  • From 1909 to 1934, Lytton performed on tour and in London with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as its principal comedian.

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