Madeleine Lucette Ryley(1859-1934)
- Writer
Madeleine Lucette began her career as an actress and singer, joining
the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1878 as a soprano chorister. Before
she left the company in 1882, she had also performed in the principal
roles of Constance and Aline in the
W.S. Gilbert and
Arthur Sullivan operetta "The
Sorcerer". She married fellow D'Oyly Carte singer
J.H. Ryley and later, under her married name
of Madeleine Lucette Ryley, became known as an author of plays, two of
which were adapted into films.
