Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)
(1853-1922), Actor and singerSitter 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.
Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Archibald Grosvenor in 'Patience'
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, (1881)
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Members of the cast of 'Iolanthe'
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s (1882)
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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
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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore'
by Herbert Rose Barraud
woodburytype, circa 1887
NPG x17373
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)
by The Biograph Studio, published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, 1900s
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by Fred Roe
pen and ink, 26 December 1908
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Rutland Barrington as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in Ruddigore
by Fred Roe
pen and ink, 27 December 1908
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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1881
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Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet)
by Unknown photographer
postcard print
NPG x4941
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