THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Millicent Pyne as Princess Kalyba in Utopia Limited

Millicent Pyne (1891-92, 1894-95)

[Born 1873, died Bognor Regis 5 Oct 1965]

Millicent Pyne (real surname Pye) began her D'Oyly Carte career at the Savoy, appearing as a chorister in The Nautch Girl, The Vicar of Bray, and briefly as Polly in the companion piece Captain Billy (March-June 1892). She then left the D'Oyly Carte for a spell, appearing as Deborah Meerschaum in a Christmas entertainment, The Pied Piper of Hamelin at the Comedy Theatre, December 1893-February 1894.

She shortly rejoined the D'Oyly Carte organization and traveled to America where she appeared as Princess Kalyba with D'Oyly Carte's American Utopia Limited Company in New York and Boston from March until June 1894. After a few weeks in which she probably sang with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "E" (June-July 1894), she and several others from that Company helped launch D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "A" in July for a tour of Utopia in England and Scotland. Miss Pyne was again Kalyba on the tour, until November when she replaced Marian Grey as Princess Zara for the final two weeks of the tour.

When Company "A" disbanded in December 1894, she transferred to D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "D." Over the next eleven months she played Kalyba in Utopia (December 1894-October 1895), Bianca in Mirette (December 1894-June 1895), Juanita in The Chieftain (February-August 1895), Lady Psyche in Princess Ida (September-October 1895), and perhaps a small part in The Vicar of Bray.

Miss Pyne left the D'Oyly Carte in October 1895.

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