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Sybil Grey (c. 1850s–1930s) was a British singer and actress during the Victorian era best known for creating a series of minor roles in productions by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, including roles in several of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas, between 1880 to 1888. Afterwards, she went on to a long West End theatre career, appearing in both musical theatre and plays. ==Early life and career== Grey began her stage career with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1880 as a member of the chorus and understudy during the first London production of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''The Pirates of Penzance'' at the Opera Comique, appearing in the small role of Kate for a short period in July 1880. In the company's next opera, ''Patience'', also at the Opera Comique, Grey was in the chorus but may also have understudied the role of Lady Saphir. After ''Patience'' moved to the new Savoy Theatre in November 1881, Grey also played the non-singing role of Jane in the curtain raiser ''Mock Turtles'' by Frank Desprez and Eaton Faning.〔Stone, David. (Sybil Grey ) at ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', 27 August 2001, accessed 20 November 2009〕 Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Iolanthe'' followed at the Savoy in November 1882. Grey created the non-singing role of Fleta, while continuing as Jane in ''Mock Turtles''. When ''Mock Turtles'' was replaced by ''A Private Wire'' in March 1883, Grey played Mary, the maid. Later that year, she was given the singing role of Leila in ''Iolanthe''. She continued as both Mary and Leila until January 1884, when both operas closed. In the next Gilbert and Sullivan opera, ''Princess Ida'', she created the role of Sacharissa. When that opera closed, she was in the chorus of the revival of ''The Sorcerer'' and played the minor role of First Bridesmaid in the accompanying ''Trial by Jury''.〔 Grey created the role of Peep-Bo, one of the three ''Little Maids'', in the original production of ''The Mikado'', with Jessie Bond (Pitti-Sing) and Leonora Braham (Yum-Yum), for the show's entire run from 1885 to 1887.〔 In an 1885 interview with the ''New York Daily Tribune'', author W. S. Gilbert stated that the short stature of Braham, Bond and Grey "suggested the advisability of grouping them as three Japanese school-girls" referred to in the opera as the 'three little maids'".〔("The Evolution of The Mikado", ) ''New York Daily Tribune'', 9 August 1885〕 ''The Theatre'' of April 1885 said, "Miss Sybil Grey is one of the valuable recruits above alluded to. She has a pretty voice, her intonation is correct and her appearance attractive."〔Beatty-Kingston, William ("Our Musical-Box" ), ''The Theatre'', 1 April 1885, pp. 186–90〕 After this long engagement, Grey withdrew from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. From December 1887, she had roles in two musical burlesques by composer Meyer Lutz at the Gaiety Theatre in London. The first was as Zillah in ''Miss Esmeralda, or The Maid and the Monkey'',〔''The Daily News'', 27 December 1887, p. 2〕 and the second was as Vanilla in ''Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim'', with a libretto by Richard Henry.〔Stuart, Roxana. ("Stage blood: vampires of the 19th-century stage" ), p. 331, Popular Press, 1994 ISBN 0-87972-660-1〕 In April 1888, she played Polly in the farce ''Lot 49'' at a benefit for Nellie Farren.〔''The Era'' 21 April 1888, p. 8〕 In June 1888, she returned to the Savoy for the first revival of ''The Mikado'', playing her old role of Peep-Bo. During this run, she took roles in two benefit performances of Gilbert's blank verse "fairy plays". The first was Lady Amanthis in ''Broken Hearts'' at a charity matinée at the Savoy, in a cast that included Julia Neilson, Richard Temple and Lewis Waller.〔''The Era'', 2 June 1888, p. 8〕 The other was in ''The Wicked World'', along with George Alexander and Lionel Brough.〔''The Era'', 7 July 1888, p. 8〕 In September of that year, after the ''Mikado'' revival's run ended, she again left the D'Oyly Carte company, never to return.〔 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「Sybil Grey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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