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Who Played Fleta in Iolanthe

Fleta is a role in Iolanthe, a opera that opened Broadway in 1936.

Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a ward of the Court of Chancery. Phyllis does not know that Strephon is half fairy - down to the waist. When Phyllis sees Strephon kissing an apparently young woman, she assumes the worst. But her "rival" turns out to be none other than Strephon's own mother, Iolanthe, a fairy - fairies never grow old. But Phyllis' guardian, the Lord Chancellor of England, and half the peers in the House of Lords are sighing after her. Soon the peers and the fairies are virtually at war, and long friendships are nearly torn asunder.

17 actors have played Fleta in Iolanthe.

View full cast of Iolanthe

Performer Production Opened
Sybil Grey West End Iolanthe 1882
Nina Napier Broadway Iolanthe 1913
Maude Mordaunt Broadway Iolanthe 1915
Paula Langlen Broadway Iolanthe 1926
Paula Langlen Broadway Iolanthe 1927
Eleanor Gilmore Broadway Iolanthe 1931
Margaret O'Brien Broadway Iolanthe 1934
Olga Schumacher Broadway Iolanthe 1934
Gertrude Waldon Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Kathleen Naylor Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Maysie Dean Broadway Iolanthe 1939
Marie Valdez Broadway Iolanthe 1942
Marie Valdez Broadway Iolanthe 1944
Patricia Hadfield Broadway Iolanthe 1948
Henrietta Steytler Broadway Iolanthe 1951
Eileen Moran Broadway Iolanthe 1952
Margaret Dobson Broadway Iolanthe 1955
Anne Bloch Off-Broadway Iolanthe 1965
Rhanda Spotton Off-Broadway Iolanthe 1979

Other Roles in Iolanthe

Role Production Opened
Celia Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Earl of Mountararat Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Fleta Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Iolanthe Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Leila Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Lord Tolloler Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Phyllis Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Private Willis Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Queen of the Fairies Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Strephon Broadway Iolanthe 1936
The Lord Chancellor Broadway Iolanthe 1936

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