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Richard D'Oyly Carte

Richard D'Oyly Carte (3 May 1844 – 3 April 1901) was an English talent agent, theatrical impresario, composer and hotelier during the second half of the Victorian era.

From humble beginnings, Carte built two of London's theatres and a hotel empire. He established an opera company that ran for over a hundred years, and a management agency for some of the most important artists of the day.

He built the Savoy Theatre and helped Gilbert & Sullivan to become famous.


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  • Richard-carte

    Carte's father, Richard

  • Trial by Jury cover

    Programme for Trial by Jury, 1875

  • Helen Carte Parasol

    Helen Carte, formerly Helen Lenoir, Carte's assistant and second wife

  • Pinafore1899

    Scene from H.M.S. Pinafore

  • Savoy-theatre-1881-Phipps

    Savoy Theatre, 1881

  • Savoy-Hotel-from-Thames-1890s

    Savoy Hotel viewed from the Thames, 1890s

  • Iolanthe-programme-1882-Savoy

    Iolanthe, Carte's first new production at the Savoy, 1882

  • Mikado-programme-1885-savoy

    Programme cover for original production of The Mikado, 1885

  • Royal-English-Opera-House-1891

    Carte's Royal English Opera House, 1891, during the run of Ivanhoe

  • Glad to See You Together

    The Entr'acte expresses its pleasure that Gilbert and Sullivan are reunited.

  • Comic Opera at the Savoy

    George Grossmith comforts Carte after failure of The Grand Duke

  • four faces: two women, both white with dark hair, one in left profile, one in semi-profile; two men, both white with dark hair, full face

    Carte's family: clockwise from top left, Blanche, Helen, Lucas, and Rupert

  • Richard DOyly Carte Grave

    Carte's grave at St Andrews Church, Fairlight

  • DOCplanter

    Planter in the Embankment Gardens behind the Savoy Hotel

  • Carte1891

    "Spy" cartoon in Vanity Fair


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