W. S. Penley
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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
The Nautch Girl
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The Nautch Girl, or, The Rajah of Chutneypore is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Edward Solomon, a book by George Dance, and lyrics by Dance and Frank Desprez. It opened on 30 June 1891 at th
Solomon (c), with Gilbert (l) and Sullivan irate at his success at the Savoy
Caricature of Solomon (r) with Richard D'Oyly Carte, 1891
Lenore Snyder as Hollee Beebee