Editing Iolanthe (section)

==Historical casting==
The following tables show the casts of the principal original productions and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring repertory at various times through to the company's 1982 closure:
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!Role!!Savoy Theatre<br>1882<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 8</ref>!!Standard Theatre<br>1882<ref>Gänzl, p. 211</ref>!!Savoy Theatre<br>1901<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 19</ref>||Savoy Theatre<br>1907<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 21</ref>!!Savoy Theatre<br>1908<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 22</ref>
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|Lord Chancellor||[[George Grossmith]]||[[J. H. Ryley]]||[[Walter Passmore]]||[[Charles H. Workman]]||[[Charles H. Workman]]
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|Mountararat||[[Rutland Barrington]]||Arthur Wilkinson||[[Powis Pinder]]||Frank Wilson||[[Rutland Barrington]]
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|Tolloller||[[Durward Lely]]||[[Llewellyn Cadwaladr]]||[[Robert Evett]]||Harold Wilde||Henry Herbert
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|Private Willis||[[Charles Manners (bass)|Charles Manners]]||Lithgow James||[[Reginald Crompton]]||Overton Moyle||[[Leo Sheffield]]
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|Strephon||[[Richard Temple (bass-baritone)|Richard Temple]]||William T. Carleton||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Henry Lytton]]
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|Fairy Queen||[[Alice Barnett]]||Augusta Roche||[[Rosina Brandram]]||[[Louie René]]||[[Louie René]]
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|Iolanthe||[[Jessie Bond]]||[[Marie Jansen]]||[[Louie Pounds]]||Bessel Adams||[[Jessie Rose]]
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|Celia||[[May Fortescue]]||Mina Rowley||[[Agnes Fraser]]||Violette Londa||Dorothy Court
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|Leila||[[Julia Gwynne]]||Kate Forster||Isabel Agnew||Beatrice Meredith||Beatrice Boarer
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|Fleta||[[Sybil Grey]]||Billie Barlow||[[Winifred Hart-Dyke]]||Ernestine Gauthier||Ethel Lewis
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|Phyllis||[[Leonora Braham]]||Sallie Reber||[[Isabel Jay]]||[[Clara Dow]]||[[Elsie Spain]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:65em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.2"
!Role!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1915 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 132</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1925 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 148</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1935 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 160</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1945 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 170</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1951 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 176</ref>
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|Lord Chancellor||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Henry Lytton]]||[[Martyn Green]]||[[Grahame Clifford]]||[[Martyn Green]]
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|Mountararat||[[Frederick Hobbs (singer)|Frederick Hobbs]]||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||[[Darrell Fancourt]]||Eric Thornton
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|Tolloller||[[Walter Glynne]]||Sidney Pointer||[[John Dean (singer)|John Dean]]||Herbert Garry||[[Leonard Osborn]]
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|Private Willis||[[Leo Sheffield]]||[[Leo Sheffield]]||[[Sydney Granville]]||[[L. Radley Flynn]]||[[Richard Watson (singer)|Richard Watson]]
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|Strephon||[[Leicester Tunks]]||Henry Millidge||[[Leslie Rands]]||[[Leslie Rands]]||[[Alan Styler]]
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|Fairy Queen||[[Bertha Lewis]]||[[Bertha Lewis]]||[[Dorothy Gill]]||[[Ella Halman]]||[[Ella Halman]]
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|Iolanthe||[[Nellie Briercliffe]]||Aileen Davies||[[Marjorie Eyre]]||[[Marjorie Eyre]]||Joan Gillingham
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|Celia||Ethel Armit||Hilary Davies||[[Ann Drummond-Grant]]||Ana Nicholson||Enid Walsh
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|Leila||Betty Grylls||Beatrice Elburn||[[Elizabeth Nickell-Lean]]||Doreen Binnion||[[Joyce Wright]]
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|Fleta||Kitty Twinn||Dorothy Gates||Kathleen Naylor||Margaret Mitchell||Henrietta Steytler
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|Phyllis||Elsie McDermid||[[Winifred Lawson]]||Doreen Denny||[[Helen Roberts]]||Margaret Mitchell
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:65em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.2"
!Role!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1955 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, p. 180</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1965 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, 1st Supplement, p. 7</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1975 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, 3rd Supplement, p. 28</ref>!!D'Oyly Carte<br>1982 Tour<ref>Rollins and Witts, 4th Supplement, p. 42</ref>
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|Lord Chancellor||[[Peter Pratt]]||[[John Reed (actor)|John Reed]]||[[John Reed (actor)|John Reed]]||[[James Conroy-Ward]]
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|Mountararat||[[Donald Adams]]||[[Donald Adams]]||[[John Ayldon]]||[[John Ayldon]]
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|Tolloller||[[Leonard Osborn]]||David Palmer||[[Meston Reid]]||[[Geoffrey Shovelton]]
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|Private Willis||[[Fisher Morgan]]||[[Kenneth Sandford]]||[[Kenneth Sandford]]||[[Kenneth Sandford]]
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|Strephon||[[Alan Styler]]||[[Thomas Lawlor (bass-baritone)|Thomas Lawlor]]||[[Michael Rayner]]||Peter Lyon
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|Fairy Queen||[[Ann Drummond-Grant]]||[[Christene Palmer]]||[[Lyndsie Holland]]||[[Patricia Leonard]]
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|Iolanthe||[[Joyce Wright]]||[[Peggy Ann Jones]]||Judi Merri||Lorraine Daniels
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|Celia||Maureen Melvin||Jennifer Marks||Marjorie Williams||Margaret Lynn-Williams
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|Leila||Beryl Dixon||[[Pauline Wales]]||[[Patricia Leonard]]||Helene Witcombe
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|Fleta||Margaret Dobson||Elizabeth Mynett||Rosalind Griffiths||Alexandra Hann
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|Phyllis||Cynthia Morey<ref>Morey is President of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society in London. See also Ffrench, Andrew. [http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10202495.Retired_opera_singer_Cynthia_Morey_lands__yum__film_role_in_Quartet/ "Retired opera singer Cynthia Morey lands 'yum' film role in Quartet"], ''Oxford Mail'', 2 February 2013</ref>||[[Valerie Masterson]]||[[Pamela Field]]||Sandra Dugdale
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