 Fred Sullivan as The Learned Judge in Trial by Jury Frederic Sullivan (December 25, 1837-January 18, 1877) was an English actor and singer. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining for the year. ...
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Life and career
Born in Lambeth, Sullivan was the elder brother of Arthur Sullivan. He trained as an architectural draftsman but soon found his career as an entertainer. Later, he quipped, "I still draw large houses." (Ayer p. 407) According to Leslie Ayre, Fred sometimes accompanied Arthur to the Chapel Royal and "amuse[d] the boys with comic songs" (Ayer p. 407). Sullivan married Charlotte Louisa Lacy in 1862, and they had eight children: Amy Sophia, Florence Louise, Edith Mary, Herbert "Bertie" Thomas, Maud "Cissie" Helen, Frederic Richard, George Arthur, and William Lacy. Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ...
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13, 1842 – November 22, 1900) was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert. ...
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Sullivan first appeared in several amateur performances, but his professional London debut is believed to have been in a burlesque by Robert Reece, Whittington, Junior, and his Sensation Cat, in 1870. The next year he took the role of Mr. Cox in his brother Arthur's Cox and Box. He created the role of Apollo in his brother's first collaboration with W. S. Gilbert, Thespis, at the Gaiety Theatre, which ran from December 1871 through March 1872. He also appeared at the Gaiety Theatre in 1872 as Patachon in Les Deux Aveugles. Sullivan continued to appear at the Gaiety, and at the Holborn Empire, through 1874. Sullivan also toured in two of his brother's collaborations with F. C. Burnand, Cox and Box and The Contrabandista. Photo of Lucky St. ...
Cox and Box (video tape cover) Cox and Box is a comic opera with a libretto by by Francis Cowley Burnand and music by Arthur Sullivan, based on the farce Box and Cox, by John Maddison Morton. ...
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Librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) collaborated on a series of fourteen comic operas in Victorian England between 1871 and 1896. ...
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From The History of Punch Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (November 29, 1836 – April 21, 1917), often credited as F. C. Burnand, was an editor of Punch, taking over from Tom Taylor in 1880, until 1906, when he was succeeded by Sir Owen Seaman. ...
The Contrabandista, or The Law of the Ladrones, is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand. ...
For Richard D'Oyly Carte's company, Sullivan created the role of the Learned Judge in Trial by Jury at the Royalty Theatre on March 25, 1875. He also sang the role of Don Andres, the British Viceroy, in Jacques Offenbach's La Périchole, which appeared on the same bill. Sullivan was made up for the role to look like the Lord Chief Justice. He continued to appear as the Judge at the Royalty and then at the Opera Comique until May 5, 1876, except when he played the role in a few matinee performances at the Gaiety Theatre and on tour in 1875, and on tour from May through October 1876. Sullivan's performance was the hit of the show. F. C. Burnand wrote of him: Richard DOyly Carte (May 3, 1844 – April 3, 1901) was a London theatrical impresario during the latter half of the nineteenth century. ...
Trial by Jury is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in one act (the only single-act Savoy Opera). ...
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- Fred Sullivan, Arthur's brother, was one of the most naturally comic little men I ever came across. He, too, was a first-rate practical musician.... As he was the most absurd person, so was he the very kindliest. The brothers were devoted to each other.... (Ayer p. 408)
Sullivan suffered from chronic ill health and died of liver disease and tuberculosis in Fulham in 1877, at the age of only 39. Arthur Sullivan's popular song, "The Lost Chord", was composed at Fred's bedside just five days before Fred died, and it is dedicated to Fred's memory. Arthur Sullivan did his best, throughout life, and in his will, to take care of Fred's children. The liver is an organ in vertebrates including humans. ...
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References - Ayre, Leslie (1972). The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion. London: W.H. Allen & Co Ltd. Introduction by Martyn Green.
- Ainger, Michael (2002). Gilbert and Sullivan – A Dual Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Allen, Reginald, Gale R. D'Luhy (1975). Sir Arthur Sullivan – Composer & Personage. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library.
- Jacobs, Arthur (1992). Arthur Sullivan – A Victorian Musican, Second Edition, Portland, OR: Amadeus Press.
- Young, Percy M. (1971). Sir Arthur Sullivan. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Martyn Green (1899 - 1975) was an actor primarily known for his work in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. ...
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