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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)

(1853-1922), Actor and singer

Sitter in 10 portraits
Barrington made his Gilbert and Sullivan début in 1877 as Dr Daly in The Sorcerer. He went on to play many of the leading baritone roles including Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore and Pooh-Bah in The Mikado. His casting as Archibald Grosvenor, the 'idyllic poet' and 'infallible' ideal of manly beauty, in Patience typified Gilbert's conviction that comedy worked best when played seriously. Gilbert assessed Barrington thus: 'He's a staid, stolid swine, and that's what I want.' Patience was the opening production of D'Oyly Carte's Savoy Theatre.

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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Archibald Grosvenor in 'Patience', by and after Elliott & Fry - NPG x634

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Archibald Grosvenor in 'Patience'

by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, (1881)
NPG x634

Members of the cast of 'Iolanthe', by and after Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax139920

Members of the cast of 'Iolanthe'

by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s (1882)
NPG Ax139920

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore', by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Carson & Comerford - NPG Ax9302

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore'

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Carson & Comerford
woodburytype, published 1 September 1887
NPG Ax9302

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore', by Herbert Rose Barraud - NPG x17373

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore'

by Herbert Rose Barraud
woodburytype, circa 1887
NPG x17373

Various actors and singers, by and after Elliott & Fry - NPG Ax139924

Various actors and singers

by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
NPG Ax139924

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet), by The Biograph Studio, published by Rapid Photo Co - NPG Ax45819

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)

by The Biograph Studio, published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG Ax45819

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) ('Rutland Barrington as Sir Despard Murgatroyd. Ruddigore, 1887'), by Fred Roe - NPG D43074

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) ('Rutland Barrington as Sir Despard Murgatroyd. Ruddigore, 1887')

by Fred Roe
pen and ink, 26 December 1908
NPG D43074

Rutland Barrington as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore, by Fred Roe - NPG D43075

Rutland Barrington as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore

by Fred Roe
pen and ink, 27 December 1908
NPG D43075

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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1881
NPG x99996

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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)

by Unknown photographer
postcard print
NPG x4941

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