Ivan Menzies

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Contributor Ivan Menzies
Other Names J Ivan Menzies
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 1896
Date of Death 19 April 1985
Functions Actor, Performer, Producer, Singer: Baritone, Actor and Singer
Notes Born Bristol, died London. Principal of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, UK. Toured Australia and New Zealand for JC Williamson's Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company 1930, 1935-37, 1940-45 and 1950-51.
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Actor

Actor and Singer

Performer

  • The Gondoliers, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, July 1951
  • The Mikado, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, July 1951
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, July 1951
  • Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 March 1944
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 18 December 1943
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 21 December 1935

Producer

William Schwenck Gilbert - Book and Lyrics Librettist, Librettist, Lyricist, Playwright

Arthur Seymour Sullivan - Composer, Musician

Evelyn Gardiner - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Gregory Stroud - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Bernard Manning - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Minnie Everett - Producer, Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Leo Darnton - Actor, Actor and Singer

Marie Bremner - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Mary Hotham - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Ralston - Actor, Actor and Singer

Clifford Cowley - Actor, Actor and Singer

Max Oldaker - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Viola Wilson - Actor, Actor and Singer

Chester Harris - Actor, Actor and Singer

Maisie Ramsay - Actor, Actor and Singer

Richard Watson - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer, Singer

Thomas Broderick - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

Len Gotting - Actor, Actor and Singer, Assistant Stage Manager, Stage Director

Dawn Harding - Actor, Actor and Singer

Rona Wimpney - Actor

Helen Roberts - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

John Fullard - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

James Patterson - Actor

Elva Blair - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Leo Packer - Conductor, Musical Director

Dick Shortland - Producer, Stage Manager

Richard Walker - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Godfrey Stirling - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer, Singer

John Fraser - Actor, Actor and Singer

Valerie Walsh - Actor, Actor and Singer

Henry Jackson - Actor, Actor and Singer

Winifred Lawson - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Peggy Shea - Actor, Actor and Singer

  • Ruddigore, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 2 December 1944
  • Iolanthe, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 28 October 1944
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 February 1944
  • Cox and Box / H.M.S. Pinafore, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 1 January 1944
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 23 October 1943
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 7 February 1942
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 29 November 1941
  • Burning to Sing / The Sorcerer, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 4 October 1941
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 24 June 1941
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 20 June 1941
  • Princess Ida, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 18 June 1941
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 11 June 1941
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 7 June 1941
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 4 June 1941
  • Princess Ida, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 21 May 1941
  • Ruddigore, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 19 May 1941
  • Iolanthe, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 16 May 1941
  • The Mikado, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD, 12 May 1941

Eileen Kelly - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Dean - Actor, Actor and Singer

Vincent McMurray - Actor, Actor and Singer

Marjory Jacoby - Actor

Sara Gregory - Actor, Actor and Singer

Diana Belmont - Actor, Actor and Singer

Anna Bethell - Producer

Grace Crotty - Actor, Actor and Singer

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 4 February 1933
  • Patience, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 January 1933
  • Princess Ida, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 10 December 1932
  • Dorothy, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 3 December 1932
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932
  • Patience, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 27 October 1932
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 8 October 1932
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 15 September 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 10 September 1932
  • Patience, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 November 1931
  • Patience, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 1 August 1931
  • Patience, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 25 July 1931

Victor Haines - Actor

Robert Healey - Actor, Actor and Singer

Nancy Horne - Actor

Leslie Rands - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

Helen Langton - Actor, Actor and Singer

Dorothy Gill - Actor, Actor and Singer

H C Nightingale - Director, Stage Manager

Luke Brennan - Actor, Actor and Singer

Marjorie Eyre - Actor, Actor and Singer

  • The Gondoliers, Empire Theatre (1927-1960), Sydney, NSW, 8 December 1950
  • Ruddigore, Empire Theatre (1927-1960), Sydney, NSW, 24 November 1950
  • Iolanthe, Empire Theatre (1927-1960), Sydney, NSW, 29 September 1950
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 13 May 1950
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 May 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 26 April 1950
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 April 1950
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 14 January 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

Gabriel Joffe - Conductor, Musical Director

Andrew MacCunn - Musical Director

Joyce Mundy - Actor, Actor and Singer

Harry Neill - Actor, Actor and Singer, Assistant Stage Manager

Bonnie Roberts - Actor, Actor and Singer

John Sanger - Actor, Actor and Singer

Hickey Taylor - Actor and Singer, Announcer, Stage Manager

Colin Thomas - Actor and Singer, Performer

Phyllis Dickinson - Actor, Actor and Singer

Vera Evans - Actor, Actor and Singer

Sisca Navaretti - Actor, Actor and Singer

Ruby Riddell - Actor, Actor and Singer

George Upward - Scenic Artist, Set and/or Property Maker, Set Designer

Gordon Bell - Actor

Pat Crosby - Actor, Actor and Singer

Gwen Gillard - Actor, Actor and Singer

Evelyn Hall - Actor, Actor and Singer

Muriel Howard - Actor, Actor and Singer, Performer

  • The Gondoliers, Victoria Theatre (1891-), Newcastle, NSW, July 1951
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 13 May 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 26 April 1950
  • Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 20 April 1950
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 April 1950
  • The Mikado, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 18 February 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

Robert Illidge - Actor, Actor and Singer

Graham Jones - Actor and Singer

J Alan Kenyon - Scenic Artist, Set Designer

Cecil Newman - Scenic Artist

Nina Robbins - Actor, Actor and Singer, Singer

Gustav Slapoffski - Conductor, Musical Director

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 15 September 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 10 September 1932
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 3 September 1932
  • The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 4 April 1931
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 28 March 1931
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 21 March 1931
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Harry Williams - Actor

Tillie Wimpney - Actor, Actor and Singer

Jeanne Battye - Actor

Don Burnett - Actor and Singer

John Fraser - Actor

Evelyn Godly - Actor and Singer, Performer

Rena Lawrence - Actor

Elsie Scerri - Actor

Etsie Scerri - Actor

Jack Stewart - Actor and Singer

Noel Wotherspoon - Actor and Singer, Performer

Ruby Zlotkowski - Actor, Actor and Singer

Jean Battye - Actor and Singer

Frank Bermingham - Actor, Actor and Singer

Frank Birmingham - Actor, Actor and Singer

Edna B Chandler - Actor and Singer

Colin Crane - Actor and Singer

Vera Dearsley - Actor and Singer

Rita Gibson - Actor

Irma Hugheson - Actor, Actor and Singer

Frank Martin - Actor, Actor and Singer

Phil Miles - Actor and Singer

Pat Newman - Actor and Singer

Lorenzo Nolan - Actor and Singer

Jean Orr - Actor and Singer

June Phillips - Actor and Singer

James Ryan - Actor and Singer

Doris Scott - Actor, Actor and Singer

Nan Shoreham - Actor and Singer

Phil Smith - Actor

  • Patience, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 January 1933
  • Patience, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 27 October 1932
  • Patience, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 28 November 1931
  • Patience, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, VIC, 1 August 1931
  • Patience, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 25 July 1931

Ena Strachan - Actor and Singer

John Tillbrook - Actor and Singer

Alban Whitehead - Actor

  • The Gondoliers, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 5 October 1931
  • The Gondoliers, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 8 August 1931
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 11 April 1931
  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 21 March 1931
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Harold Williams - Actor, Actor and Singer

Strella Wilson - Actor

Graeme Bent - Actor and Singer

Helen Coleman - Actor, Actor and Singer

Ernest Gifford - Actor, Actor and Singer

Jack Hopper - Actor and Singer

Howard Johns - Actor and Singer

Ed Keane - Actor, Actor and Singer

Gustave Kerker - Composer

William Lucas - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 1 October 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 10 September 1932

Harry Miller - Actor and Singer

Robert Molyneaux - Actor

Augusta Poole - Actor, Actor and Singer, Singer

Nancy Rasmussen - Actor and Singer

  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 13 May 1950
  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 April 1950
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 14 January 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

Kath Reidy - Actor and Singer

Carl Sinclair - Actor and Singer, Assistant Stage Manager

Esme Tapp - Actor and Singer

Alister Williamson - Actor and Singer

Louis Barnett - Wigmaker

Harald Bowden - General Manager

Lennox Brewer - Actor, Actor and Singer

William Coleman - Designer, Set Designer

William R Coleman - Designer, Scenic Artist

Dorothy D'Orn - Actor, Actor and Singer

Robert Garden - Actor and Singer

Kenneth Hanson - Actor and Singer

Jerrams - Costume Maker

Dorothea Jones - Actor and Singer

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 26 April 1950
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 14 January 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

Edward Kean - Actor

G H Leary - Administrator

Thelma Lee - Actor and Singer

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 26 April 1950
  • The Yeomen of the Guard, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 14 January 1950
  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

Hamish McCunn - Conductor

Alison McGuire - Actor and Singer

Emily Nathan - Costume Designer

F W Purtell - Costume Maker

Will Quintrell - Conductor, Musical Director

Robertson - Wigmaker

Howard Short - Actor and Singer

Elsa Stenning - Actor

Dora Taite - Actor

David Aitken - Actor and Singer

Valerie Bassett - Actor and Singer

Richard Benger - Actor and Singer

Richard Bradshaw - Actor and Singer

Herbert Browne - Actor

Carmen Burridge - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 7 December 1935
  • Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 26 October 1935

F Butler - Actor, Actor and Singer

Albert Carlisle - Actor and Singer

Betty Cheal - Actor and Singer

Beth Cusky - Actor and Singer

Gavin Downie - Actor and Singer

Geoff Filtness - Actor and Singer

E Gifford - Actor

Charles Hall - Actor and Singer

Francesca Hayes - Actor and Singer

George A Highland - Producer

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Errol Howard - Actor and Singer

Edna Howes - Actor

Robert Humphries - Actor and Singer

Brian Johnson - Actor and Singer

Peggy Leftwich - Actor and Singer

Audrey Lovick - Actor and Singer

Arthur Major - Actor and Singer

Frank Manson - Actor

  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 1 October 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 10 September 1932

Alma McGuire - Actor and Singer

Osrick Nicholson - Actor and Singer

Barbara Rose - Actor and Singer

Adrian Ross - Librettist

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Gwenda Rundle - Actor and Singer

Franz Schubert - Composer

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Ivan Squirrell - Actor

  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 1 October 1932
  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 10 September 1932

Marion Stevens - Actor and Singer

Arthur Stigant - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Anthony Strange - Actor

Nell Taylor - Actor

  • Princess Ida, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 7 December 1931
  • Ruddigore, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 14 November 1931

Robert Turner - Actor and Singer

Wilma Whitney - Actor and Singer

A M Willner - Librettist

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933
  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Keith Wright - Actor and Singer

Richard Bengar - Actor and Singer

  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 April 1950

Greta Bremner - Actor

Francis Cowley Burnand - Writer

E Butler - Actor

Max Butler - Actor and Singer

Jean Campbell - Actor and Singer

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 31 December 1949

John Clements - Actor

Evelyn Codly - Actor and Singer

Phyllis Curnow - Actor

  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 18 May 1940

Phyllis Curwen - Actor

Dorothy Dorn - Actor

Joyce Drysdale - Actor

Maisie Duffy - Actor and Singer

  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 20 June 1941

Esme Eshelby - Actor

Lance Fairfax - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Trixie Franxesco - Actor

John Frazer - Actor

Mabel Gibson - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Frank Hahn - Actor

Elsa Hall - Actor and Singer

  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 18 May 1935

William Harcourt - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933

Poppy Harrison - Actor

Leslie Holland - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933

Emilie Hooke - Actor

  • Princess Ida, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 10 December 1932

Henry Jackson - Actor

Alfred Jones - Actor and Singer

Frank Lasslett - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 4 May 1940

Little - Wardrobe Master/Mistress

  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 8 April 1950

Frank Martin - Actor

Arthur Mayes - Actor

  • The Mikado, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 15 April 1944

McManus - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Dal Merton - Actor

Royce Milton - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Carrie Moore - Actor

Frank Morrison - Actor

  • Ruddigore, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 14 November 1931

Nellie Mortyne - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

J Paterson - Actor and Singer

Kelvin Plant - Actor

Archie Roberts - Actor and Singer

Patti Russell - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Marie Ryan - Actor

Allan Sams - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal, Melbourne, VIC, 12 November 1932

Ivan Samuell - Actor

  • Ruddigore, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 14 November 1931

Edward Smith - Actor

  • Princess Ida, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 1 April 1944

John Stewart - Actor and Singer

  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 4 June 1941

Harry Taylor - Actor and Singer

  • The Gondoliers, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 4 June 1941

J Thompson - Actor

Katie Towers - Actor

  • Lilac Time, Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW, 11 February 1933

William Tuess - Actor

  • Ruddigore, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 14 November 1931

Charles Walenn - Actor

  • Iolanthe, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 2 May 1927

Beryl Walkley - Actor

  • Princess Ida, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 7 December 1931

Richard Watson - Actor

Osmund Wenban - Actor and Singer

  • Ruddigore, Theatre Royal (1868-1962), Adelaide, SA, 24 June 1941

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