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Sir Henry Lytton (born Henry Alfred Jones; 3 January 1865 – 15 August 1936) was an English actor and singer who was the leading exponent of the starring comic patter - baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1909 to 1934. He also starred in musical comedies.
Henry Lytton. Actor: The Mikado. Henry Lytton, the English singer and actor, was to Gilbert & Sullivan what John Gielgud was to Shakespeare, only more so. The baritone joined the famous D'Oyly Carte Opera Company that staged Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in 1884 and remained with them until 1903.
Jun 16, 2014 · In 1884 seventeen year old Henry Lytton was a student at St. Mark’s College in Chelsea, London. On a visit to the theatre his eye was caught by an attractive young actress called Louie Henri. He courted Ms. Henri and the feelings proved mutual.
May 19, 2024 · Henry Lytton Bulwer was a diplomat who, as British ambassador to the United States, negotiated the controversial Clayton–Bulwer Treaty (April 19, 1850), which concerned in part the possibility of a canal traversing Central America and was also intended to resolve (but in fact aggravated) various.
Sir Henry Lytton died in London on August 15, 1936, leaving a wife and two sons and two daughters. One other son had been killed in the first world war while serving with the Royal Flying Corps, and two more died in infancy.
Mar 28, 2020 · Henry Lytton: Laughing Song (1904) G&T Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-3-2300, mx 2177e. Lytton had also recorded this two years earlier on a 7 inch G&T: • Henry Lytton: The Laughing Song...
Actor: The Mikado. Henry Lytton, the English singer and actor, was to Gilbert & Sullivan what John Gielgud was to Shakespeare, only more so. The baritone joined the famous D'Oyly Carte Opera Company that staged Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in 1884 and remained with them until 1903.
