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William Martyn-Green (22 April 1899 – 8 February 1975), better known as Martyn Green, was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his work as principal comedian in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas, which he performed and recorded with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and other troupes. After army service in World War I, Green studied singing and began to perform in musical theatre. In 1922, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company playing in the chorus and in a variety of smaller roles, while understudying, and often substituting for, the company's principal comedian. Beginning in 1931, he was regularly given the roles of Major-General Stanley in ''The Pirates of Penzance'' and Robin Oakapple in ''Ruddigore''. In 1934, Green became the principal comedian, playing all the famous Gilbert and Sullivan patter roles, including Sir Joseph in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', the Major-General in ''Pirates'', Bunthorne in ''Patience'', the Lord Chancellor in ''Iolanthe'', Ko-Ko in ''The Mikado'', Jack Point in ''The Yeomen of the Guard'' and the Duke of Plaza Toro in ''The Gondoliers'', among others. At the beginning of World War II, Green left the D'Oyly Carte organisation and acted in other companies. In 1941, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving until 1945. He soon rejoined D'Oyly Carte and continued as the principal comedian until 1951. He then left the company again and moved to New York City, where he continued his career in Broadway musicals, plays, television, recordings and films. In 1959, his left leg was crushed in a garage elevator and had to be amputated below the knee.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=t64DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false〕 Greatly determined, Green was soon acting and directing again using a prosthetic limb. He continued to act and direct for the rest of his life and had film roles in ''A Lovely Way to Die'' (1968) and ''The Iceman Cometh'' (1973). ==Life and career== Martyn Green was born in London. His father, William Green, a singer, was his first singing teacher.〔Ayre, p. 134〕〔(Biographical information from the Memories of the D'Oyly Carte website )〕 He had a sister, Julia. Green was educated at Latymer Upper School. He served in the army during World War I, and was wounded in his left leg by shrapnel.〔Stone, David. ("Martyn Green", ) ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company''(2003)〕 After the war, he entered the Royal College of Music in 1919, studying singing with Gustave Garcia.〔''Who's Who in the Theatre'', 1967〕 Green was married three times, first to Ethel Beatrice Andrews, then to Joyce Mary Fentem and later to Yvonne Chauveau, a model 22 years his junior.〔〔("Milestones: Apr. 21, 1961", ) ''Time'' magazine, 21 April 1961〕 He had a daughter from the first marriage, Pamela, who married Geoffrey John Farrer Brain in 1950.〔Montgomery, Paul L. (Green, 75, Dies on Coast", ) ''The New York Times'', 9 February 1975, p. 49〕 His grandchildren are Joanna Elizabeth Brain (b. 1953) and Philippa Carol Brain (b. 1956).〔("Pamela Martyn Green" ). ThePeerage.com, accessed 25 December 2010〕 Green's first stage appearance was in Nottingham in 1919 in the chorus of ''A Southern Maid''.〔 After he left the Royal College in 1921, he first joined a touring company, where he played Paul Petrov in ''Sybil''〔 and decided that Martyn Green would be his stage name. He also appeared in the provinces in the revue ''Shuffle Along''.〔 His first appearance in London was at the London Palladium in ''Thirty Minutes of Melody'' in September 1921. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martyn Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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