The Vicar of Bray is a comic opera by Edward Solomon with a libretto by Sydney Grundy which opened at the Globe Theatre, in London, on 22 July 1882, for a run of only 69 performances. The public was n
Scene from Act II: The "Pas de Cinq", 1892 at the Savoy Theatre
Rutland Barrington as the Vicar and Mary Duggan as Nelly Bly
William Sydney Penley was an English actor, singer and comedian who had an early success in the small role of the Foreman in Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. He later achieved wider fame as produ
Penley as Spalding in The Private Secretary, 1884
Penley caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1893
Penley in Charley's Aunt, 1892