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searchaux" style="display:none">British actor and singer</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="middle-aged white man, clean shaven, receding hair" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg/220px-Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg/330px-Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg/440px-Walter-Passmore-1901.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Passmore in 1901</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Walter Henry Passmore</b> (10 May 1867 – 29 August 1946) was an English singer and actor best known as the first successor to <a href="/wiki/George_Grossmith" title="George Grossmith">George Grossmith</a> in the comic <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> roles in <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a> operas with the <a href="/wiki/D%27Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company" title="D'Oyly Carte Opera Company">D'Oyly Carte Opera Company</a>. </p><p>Passmore began performing professionally at the age of fourteen in the <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">pantomime</a> <i>Cinderella</i>. He was apprenticed to a piano maker and then worked as a pianist before returning to acting, making his London debut in 1890. In 1893 he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, soon becoming the company's principal comedian. He created roles in the original productions of the last two <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a> operas and in many other <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoy Opera">Savoy Operas</a>. He played the <a href="/wiki/Patter_song" title="Patter song">patter roles</a> in several Gilbert and Sullivan revivals, and he toured for the company. </p><p>In 1903 Passmore left the company and began a career in <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_musical_comedy" title="Edwardian musical comedy">musical comedies</a>, plays and pantomimes in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> and on tour that lasted for thirty years. His West End appearances included roles in such productions as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Earl_and_the_Girl" title="The Earl and the Girl">The Earl and the Girl</a></i> (1903), <i>The Talk of the Town</i> (1905). He often appeared on stage with his second wife, <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Fraser" title="Agnes Fraser">Agnes Fraser</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Passmore was born in London, the son of Louisa Emma <i>née</i> Bullock (1829–1902) and Alfred Passmore (1825–1889), a coffee house keeper.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a choirboy at <a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Notting_Hill" title="All Saints Notting Hill">All Saints Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill" title="Notting Hill">Notting Hill</a>. On Christmas morning 1881 he sang in <i><a href="/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></i>, and the following day he made his first professional stage appearance at the age of fourteen at <a href="/wiki/Sunderland,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland, Tyne and Wear">Sunderland</a> as a page in the <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">pantomime</a> <i>Cinderella</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served as an apprentice to the piano makers <a href="/wiki/Cramer_%26_Co." title="Cramer & Co.">Cramer & Co</a>, but at the end of the apprenticeship he took a job as a pianist with travelling concert parties and performed in farcical comedies.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1889 in <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a>, Lancashire, he married Kathleen Naomi P. Nanton (1869–1901) and with her had four children: Naomi Kathleen Eugenie Passmore (1889–1889); Josephine Doris Passmore (born 1892); Mirette Louisa Passmore (1894–1970) (named after the opera <i><a href="/wiki/Mirette_(opera)" title="Mirette (opera)">Mirette</a></i> he was appearing in at the time of her birth); and Walter Frederick Passmore (1896–1974).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, Passmore made his London debut in a revival of <a href="/wiki/Dion_Boucicault" title="Dion Boucicault">Dion Boucicault</a>'s drama <i>The Flying Scud</i> at the Standard Theatre, <a href="/wiki/Bishopsgate" title="Bishopsgate">Bishopsgate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg/160px-Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg/240px-Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg/320px-Passmore-Sir-Joseph-Pinafore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="658" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Sir Joseph, <i>H.M.S. Pinafore</i></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Passmore joined the <a href="/wiki/D%27Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company" title="D'Oyly Carte Opera Company">D'Oyly Carte Opera Company</a> in 1893, where he created the small part of Greg in the unsuccessful <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Annie" title="Jane Annie">Jane Annie</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Theatre" title="Savoy Theatre">Savoy Theatre</a> (libretto by <a href="/wiki/J._M._Barrie" title="J. M. Barrie">J. M. Barrie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>; music by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Ford" title="Ernest Ford">Ernest Ford</a>). Next, in Gilbert and Sullivan's <i><a href="/wiki/Utopia,_Limited" title="Utopia, Limited">Utopia, Limited</a></i> (1893–94), he created the role of Tarara, the public exploder.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then created his first starring role, Bobinet in <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Messager" title="André Messager">André Messager</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Mirette_(opera)" title="Mirette (opera)">Mirette</a></i> (1894). He also performed in <i>Utopia</i> in the role of King Paramount on tour that year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He next created the role of Peter Adolphus Grigg in Sullivan and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Burnand" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Burnand">Burnand</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chieftain" title="The Chieftain">The Chieftain</a></i> (1894–1895). After this, he toured as Bobinet and Grigg.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_comedian_of_the_D'Oyly_Carte"><span id="Principal_comedian_of_the_D.27Oyly_Carte"></span>Principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Passmore returned to the Savoy in 1895, where he continued as D'Oyly Carte's principal comedian, playing Ko-Ko in revivals of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado" title="The Mikado">The Mikado</a></i> (1895–97).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In between these revivals, he created the role of Grand Duke Rudolph in Gilbert and Sullivan's last opera, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grand_Duke" title="The Grand Duke">The Grand Duke</a></i> (1896).<sup id="cite_ref-rw16_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw16-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1897, in <i><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty_(comic_opera)" class="mw-redirect" title="His Majesty (comic opera)">His Majesty</a></i>, he created the part of Boodel, earning good notices. He next played Jack Point in the first revival of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Yeomen_of_the_Guard" title="The Yeomen of the Guard">The Yeomen of the Guard</a></i> (1897).<sup id="cite_ref-rw16_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw16-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by the roles of General Boom in <i><a href="/wiki/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein" title="La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein">The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein</a></i> (1897–98)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Inquisitor" title="Grand Inquisitor">Grand Inquisitor</a>, Don Alhambra, in revivals of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gondoliers" title="The Gondoliers">The Gondoliers</a></i> (1898). In 1898, he created the role of The Devil in the original production of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beauty_Stone" title="The Beauty Stone">The Beauty Stone</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Passmore continued to play at the Savoy as the Usher in <i><a href="/wiki/Trial_by_Jury" title="Trial by Jury">Trial by Jury</a></i>, John Wellington Wells in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sorcerer" title="The Sorcerer">The Sorcerer</a></i> (1898) and King Ouf I in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lucky_Star" title="The Lucky Star">The Lucky Star</a></i> (1899).<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After seeing Passmore's performance in <i>The Lucky Star</i>, Sullivan noted in his diary, "The fun of the whole piece lies in Passmore. Take him out and nothing's left. He worked splendidly and carried the opera through. I wish though he could drop his 'cockney' accent and manners at times."<sup id="cite_ref-Memories_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memories-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passmore next played Sir Joseph in a revival of <i><a href="/wiki/H.M.S._Pinafore" title="H.M.S. Pinafore">H.M.S. Pinafore</a></i> (1899). While rehearsing the role, Passmore suggested to <a href="/wiki/W._S._Gilbert" title="W. S. Gilbert">W. S. Gilbert</a> that he might walk around with his nose in the air "as though raising it above an unpleasant smell". Gilbert quipped, "Unpleasant smell? Well, you're the best judge of that, Passmore."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Passmore then created the role of Hassan in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_of_Persia" title="The Rose of Persia">The Rose of Persia</a></i> (1899–1900) and played the Sergeant of Police in the second revival of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance" title="The Pirates of Penzance">The Pirates of Penzance</a></i> (1900) and in the first revival of <i><a href="/wiki/Patience_(opera)" title="Patience (opera)">Patience</a></i> (1900–01), he was Bunthorne. <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He created the role of Professor Bunn in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Emerald_Isle" title="The Emerald Isle">The Emerald Isle</a></i> (1901), was Ping-Pong in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Willow_Pattern_(opera)" title="The Willow Pattern (opera)">The Willow Pattern</a></i> (1901), and played the Lord Chancellor in the first revival of <i><a href="/wiki/Iolanthe" title="Iolanthe">Iolanthe</a></i> (1901–02). He created the role of Walter Wilkins in <i><a href="/wiki/Merrie_England_(opera)" title="Merrie England (opera)">Merrie England</a></i> (1902, and on tour) and played Puck in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Princess_of_Kensington" title="A Princess of Kensington">A Princess of Kensington</a></i> (1903, and on tour).<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passmore's theatrical performances were famous for their visual humour. <a href="/wiki/George_Baker_(record_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Baker (record singer)">George Baker</a> remembered Passmore's Sergeant of Police as being "obstreperously funny".<sup id="cite_ref-Memories_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memories-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Passmore stayed in London when the D'Oyly Carte company went on tour in 1903. There he began a career in <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_musical_comedy" title="Edwardian musical comedy">musical comedies</a>, plays and <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">pantomimes</a> in London's West End and on tour that lasted for thirty years.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He first appeared at the <a href="/wiki/Adelphi_Theatre" title="Adelphi Theatre">Adelphi Theatre</a>, where he played Jim Cheese in the hit musical <i><a href="/wiki/The_Earl_and_the_Girl" title="The Earl and the Girl">The Earl and the Girl</a></i> (1903) and the Emperor in <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Hans_Andersen" title="Little Hans Andersen">Little Hans Andersen</a></i> (1903),<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then to the <a href="/wiki/Lyric_Theatre_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyric Theatre (London)">Lyric Theatre</a> as Jerry Snipe in <i>The Talk of the Town</i> (1905) and as Private Charlie Taylor in <i>The Blue Moon</i> (1905).<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His pantomimes at the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane" title="Theatre Royal, Drury Lane">Theatre Royal, Drury Lane</a> included <i>Cinderella</i> (1905, as the Baroness), <i>Sinbad</i> (1906, in the title role), and <i>Babes in the Wood</i> (1907, as Reggie, the boy babe).<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Theatre" title="Apollo Theatre">Apollo Theatre</a>, he appeared in <i>The Dairymaids</i> (1906) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Kisses" title="The Three Kisses">The Three Kisses</a></i> (1907), and at the <a href="/wiki/Sondheim_Theatre" title="Sondheim Theatre">Queen's Theatre</a> he played Baptiste Boubillon in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Brittany" title="The Belle of Brittany">The Belle of Brittany</a></i> (1908).<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1909–10 Passmore toured as John Smith/Simplicitatis in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arcadians_(musical)" title="The Arcadians (musical)">The Arcadians</a></i> and as Wilkins in <i>Merrie England</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1910 he played Frank, the prison governor, in <a href="/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" title="Johann Strauss II">Johann Strauss</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Die_Fledermaus" title="Die Fledermaus">Die Fledermaus</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Beecham" title="Thomas Beecham">Thomas Beecham</a>'s first opera season at <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Theatre">His Majesty's Theatre</a>. The production – one of the few works in the season not to lose money – "depended for its popularity in part upon Walter Passmore, the celebrated D'Oyly Carte droll".<sup id="cite_ref-r107_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r107-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared as Nikola in <i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Trenck" title="Baron Trenck">Baron Trenck</a></i> at the <a href="/wiki/Novello_Theatre" title="Novello Theatre">Strand Theatre</a> (1911).<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the Woolwich Hippodrome in July 1914 he played Private Adam Blinder in <i>The Soldiers' Mess</i>, of which he was also the composer.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Passmore continued to appear in the West End and on tour throughout the 1920s. In 1922 he toured in <i>Titbits</i>, which was billed as "a somewhat different revue", of which he was co-author.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> Passmore appeared in a variety of comedy parts in the West End and on tour,<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at the Gaiety Theatre in April 1924 he played Jericho Mardyke in <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Nell" title="Our Nell">Our Nell</a></i>. Later in that year he went on tour playing Cahoot in <i><a href="/wiki/Madame_Pompadour_(operetta)" title="Madame Pompadour (operetta)">Madame Pompadour</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A late Gilbert and Sullivan performance was in <i><a href="/wiki/Trial_by_Jury" title="Trial by Jury">Trial by Jury</a></i> at a benefit matinée for <a href="/wiki/Courtice_Pounds" title="Courtice Pounds">Courtice Pounds</a> in 1927, when Passmore was joined by stars including <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Henson" title="Leslie Henson">Leslie Henson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derek_Oldham" title="Derek Oldham">Derek Oldham</a>. During 1928, with his daughter Nancie in the cast, he appeared on tour as Albert Chuff in <i><a href="/wiki/Princess_Charming_(operetta)" title="Princess Charming (operetta)">Princess Charming</a></i>. A reviewer commented, "Few comedians have a more sonorous voice, few dance so well, and few have a larger experience".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="middle-aged white couple in an Edwardian interior setting" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg/220px-Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg/330px-Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg/440px-Passmores-at-home-1903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="627" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Fraser" title="Agnes Fraser">Agnes Fraser</a> and Passmore in 1903</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1929 Passmore toured as Count Theodore Volny in "The Damask Rose" a Ruritanian romance with music adapted from <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Chopin</a>. The production was brought into the West End in March 1930, when one reviewer wrote "Walter Passmore and <a href="/wiki/Amy_Augarde" title="Amy Augarde">Amy Augarde</a> played into each others' hands with an easy competence that was a delight to watch".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was his last West End production, and he retired in 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the death of his first wife in 1901 Passmore married another D'Oyly Carte artist, <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Fraser" title="Agnes Fraser">Agnes Fraser</a>, in 1902 at <a href="/wiki/Wandsworth" title="Wandsworth">Wandsworth</a>, London,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who frequently appeared with him on stage. They had four children: Henry Fraser Passmore (1905–1987, a general manager of Hammer films 1935–37); John Fraser Passmore (1908–1973); Nancie A. Passmore (1910–1990), who married the tenor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hislop" title="Joseph Hislop">Joseph Hislop</a>; and Isobel Mary Fraser Passmore (1913–1992).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1939 he was living with his wife and unmarried stockbroker son John in a modest retirement at Heath Mews at The Mount in <a href="/wiki/Hampstead" title="Hampstead">Hampstead</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Passmore died at <a href="/wiki/Golders_Green" title="Golders Green">Golders Green</a>, London, at the age of 79.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:975px;max-width:975px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:143px;max-width:143px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Youngish white man in the uniform of a Victorian British police sergeant, brandishing a truncheon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg/141px-Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="141" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg/212px-Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/30/Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg/282px-Passmore-Pirates-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="1063" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Sergeant<br /><i>The Pirates of Penzance</i></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:120px;max-width:120px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-Bunthorne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Youngish white man in 19th aesthetic costume" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Passmore-Bunthorne.jpg/118px-Passmore-Bunthorne.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Passmore-Bunthorne.jpg/177px-Passmore-Bunthorne.jpg 1.5x, 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Mikado</i></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:112px;max-width:112px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-General-Boum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White man in French military costume, striking exaggerately belicose pose" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Passmore-General-Boum.jpg/110px-Passmore-General-Boum.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Passmore-General-Boum.jpg/165px-Passmore-General-Boum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Passmore-General-Boum.jpg/220px-Passmore-General-Boum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="1128" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">General Boom<br /><i>The Grand Duchess</i></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:148px;max-width:148px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Man in Middle-Eastern costume, playing a small drum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg/146px-Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg/219px-Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg/292px-Passmore-Rose-of-Persia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Hassan<br /><i>The Rose of Persia</i></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Man in Tudor costume gesticulating theatrically" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg/152px-Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg/228px-Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Passmore-Merrie-England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="483" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Walter Wilkins<br /><i>Merrie England</i></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Passmore-Bouillon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White man in early 19th-century costume carrying a rope" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/20/Passmore-Bouillon.jpg/150px-Passmore-Bouillon.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="273" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sullivan_-_The_Sorcerer_-_My_name_is_John_Wellington_Wells_(Walter_Passmore,_1900).mp3" title="File:Sullivan - The Sorcerer - My name is John Wellington Wells (Walter Passmore, 1900).mp3">My name is John Wellington Wells</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="113" data-mwtitle="Sullivan_-_The_Sorcerer_-_My_name_is_John_Wellington_Wells_(Walter_Passmore,_1900).mp3" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/Sullivan_-_The_Sorcerer_-_My_name_is_John_Wellington_Wells_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1900%29.mp3/Sullivan_-_The_Sorcerer_-_My_name_is_John_Wellington_Wells_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1900%29.mp3.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Sullivan_-_The_Sorcerer_-_My_name_is_John_Wellington_Wells_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1900%29.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Passmore sings "My name is John Wellington Wells" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sorcerer" title="The Sorcerer">The Sorcerer</a></i>, 1900</div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sullivan_-_The_Mikado_-_As_someday_it_may_happen_(Walter_Passmore,_1908).mp3" title="File:Sullivan - The Mikado - As someday it may happen (Walter Passmore, 1908).mp3">As some day it may happen</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="139" data-mwtitle="Sullivan_-_The_Mikado_-_As_someday_it_may_happen_(Walter_Passmore,_1908).mp3" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sullivan_-_The_Mikado_-_As_someday_it_may_happen_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1908%29.mp3/Sullivan_-_The_Mikado_-_As_someday_it_may_happen_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1908%29.mp3.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Sullivan_-_The_Mikado_-_As_someday_it_may_happen_%28Walter_Passmore%2C_1908%29.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Passmore sings "As some day it may happen" from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mikado" title="The Mikado">The Mikado</a></i>, 1908</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing these files? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>Between 1900 and 1913, Passmore recorded over a dozen individual songs from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas for <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Records" title="Odeon Records">Odeon</a>. Many of these have been re-issued by Pearl on LP and CD ("The Art of the Savoyard", Pearl GEMM CD 9991).<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a historic 1908 recording of <i>The Mikado</i> for <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Records" title="Odeon Records">Odeon</a> that was reissued by Pearl on LP (GEMM 198), Passmore sang the role of Ko-Ko. This recording is nearly complete and is a rare opportunity to hear an artist who recorded a role that he played under Gilbert's and Sullivan's personal direction.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The production was variously billed as <i>The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein</i> or just <i>The Grand Duchess</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sullivan's <i><a href="/wiki/Ivanhoe_(opera)" title="Ivanhoe (opera)">Ivanhoe</a></i> was also staged by Beecham during this season, but Passmore was not in the cast.<sup id="cite_ref-r107_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r107-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Passmore&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/7619/LNDRG10_5_9-0435/5163231?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/159079235/person/112135827220/facts/citation/522187498214/edit/record">Walter H Passmore</a>, 1871 England Census for London, Paddington, St Mary Paddington, Ancestry.com <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(subscription required)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gsarchive.net/newsletters/gossip/no43/gg43_03.html">"Gilbertian Gossip No. 43 – 1995"</a>. <i>Gsarchive.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Gsarchive.net&rft.atitle=Gilbertian+Gossip+No.+43+%E2%80%93+1995&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gsarchive.net%2Fnewsletters%2Fgossip%2Fno43%2Fgg43_03.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Passmore" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Who-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stone, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gsarchive.net/whowaswho/P-Q/PassmoreWalter.htm">Walter Passmore</a>, <i>Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company</i>, 25 November 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1891 England Census Record for Walter Henry Passmore</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rollins and Witts, p. 14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rollins and Witts, p. 87</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rollins and Witts, pp. 15 and 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rw16-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rw16_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rw16_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rollins and Witts, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Savoy", <i>The Times</i>, 1 December 1897, p. 8, and "Savoy" (column 5) and "Savoy Theatre" (column 6), <i>The Times</i> 6 December 1897, p. 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Memories-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Memories_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memories_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pinafore.www3.50megs.com/w-passmore.html">"Walter Passmore"</a>, <i>Memories of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ayre, p. 260</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rollins and Witts, pp. 18−19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ww-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ww_14-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Parker, pp. 1166–1167</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-r107-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-r107_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-r107_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Reid, p. 107</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Variety Stage", <i>The Stage</i>, 25 May 1922, p. 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Princess Charming", <i>Surrey Mirror</i>, 22 February 1929, p. 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Stage of the Day", <i>Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News</i>, 5 April 1930, p. 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Mr 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London: Victor Gollancz. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1016272508">1016272508</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thomas+Beecham+%E2%80%93+An+Independent+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Victor+Gollancz&rft.date=1961&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1016272508&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Passmore" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRollinsR._John_Witts1962" class="citation book cs1">Rollins, Cyril; R. John Witts (1962). <i>The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Gilbert and Sullivan Operas: A Record of Productions, 1875–1961</i>. London: Michael Joseph. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/504581419">504581419</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+D%27Oyly+Carte+Opera+Company+in+Gilbert+and+Sullivan+Operas%3A+A+Record+of+Productions%2C+1875%26ndash%3B1961&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Michael+Joseph&rft.date=1962&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F504581419&rft.aulast=Rollins&rft.aufirst=Cyril&rft.au=R.+John+Witts&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Passmore" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParker1936" class="citation book cs1">Parker, John, ed. (1936). <i>Who's Who in the Theatre</i> (eighth ed.). 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