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Who Played Iolanthe in Iolanthe

Iolanthe 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.

15 actors have played Iolanthe in Iolanthe.

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Performer Production Opened
Jessie Bond West End Iolanthe 1882
Viola Gillette Broadway Iolanthe 1913
Adele Sanderson Broadway Iolanthe 1926
Bettina Hall Broadway Iolanthe 1927
Dean Dickens Broadway Iolanthe 1931
Dean Dickens Broadway Iolanthe 1934
Elizabeth Nickell-Lean Broadway Iolanthe 1934
Dean Dickens Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Elizabeth Nickell-Lean Broadway Iolanthe 1936
Marjorie Eyre Broadway Iolanthe 1939
Margaret Roy Broadway Iolanthe 1942
Kathryn Reece Broadway Iolanthe 1944
Denise Findlay Broadway Iolanthe 1948
Joan Gillingham Broadway Iolanthe 1951
Glynn Hill Broadway Iolanthe 1952
Joyce Wright Broadway Iolanthe 1955
Ellen Shade Off-Broadway Iolanthe 1965
Joan Lader 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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