Sydney Granville was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
as Grosvenor in Patience
Granville (left) as the Usher in Trial by Jury, 1920, with Leo Sheffield as the Learned Judge
as Sir Despard in Ruddigore
Leo Sheffield, born Arthur Leo Wilson, was an English singer and actor best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Sydney Granville
…on his neglect, "Mr. Sydney Granville, who has been heard too little, was a delightful Strephon." In the next season, he lost the role of Strephon to Leo Sheffield when the latter rejoined the company. Granville left D'Oyly Carte for the second time in 1917. Following the death of the veteran D'Oyly Carte performer…
Sheffield as Wilfred Shadbolt
Sheffield (centre) in The Gondoliers, 1919
(l to r) J. M. Gordon, Norris, Winifred Lawson, Sheffield, Henry Lytton, Eileen Sharp and Darrell Fancourt – publicity shot for Princess Ida, 1924