Florence St. John
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Margaret Florence Greig, known by her stage name Florence St. John, was an English singer and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, musi
Florence St. John, c. 1880
St. John on a cigarette card, 1889
In Carmen up to Data, 1890
As Rita in The Chieftain
Richard Barker Cobb Temple was an English opera singer, actor and stage director, best known for his performances in the bass-baritone roles in the famous series of Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
Florence St. John
…and in these small touring companies, she often had to play contralto roles. The couple soon joined the Rose Hersee Opera Company, which included Richard Temple. The Company gave a series of ten different operas at The Crystal Palace in August 1877, and St. John appeared in such roles as Cherubino in Mozart's…
Richard Temple as Strephon in Iolanthe (1882)
Temple with Mrs Howard Paul in The Sorcerer
Temple as Dick Deadeye in H.M.S. Pinafore
Temple as The Mikado of Japan