George Thorne(1855-1922)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
George Thorne joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1881 as
principal patter-baritone playing the roles of Mr Wells in "The
Sorcerer", Sir Joseph in "HMS Pinafore", Major-General Stanley in "The
Pirates of Penzance", Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe", King Gama in
"Princess Ida", Ko-Ko in "The Mikado", Robin Oakapple in "Ruddigore",
Jack Point in "The Yeomen of the Guard", Duke of Plaza Toro in "The
Gondoliers", and Scaphio in "Utopia Ltd.". He married D'Oyly Carte
choristor Geraldine Thompson, who sang with the company in 1883. Thorne
himself left the company in 1899, after an impressive 18 years.