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

Rutland Barrington (George Rutland Barrington Fleet) as Sir Despard Murgatroyd in 'Ruddigore' NPG x17373

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herbert Rose Barraud

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... more

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