Charles H. Workman (5 May 1872 â€" 1 May 1923) was a singer and actor
best known as a successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone
roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He was sometimes credited as C.
Herbert Workman or C. H. Workman.Charles Herbert Workman was born in
Bootle, on the outskirts of Liverpool, Lancashire, and studied singing
under his brother, Albert Edward Workman, in Liverpool.A newcomer to
the stage, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1894 as Calynx
in a provincial tour of Utopia, Limited. In 1895, he also played the
roles of Pedrillo in The Chieftain, Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor in
Patience and Pennyfather in After All!, the curtain raiser for a
revival of The Mikado. Workman then created the small part of Ben
Hashbaz in The Grand Duke (1896). He later created the part of Adam in
F. C. Burnand and R. C. Lehmann's His Majesty (1897; appearing briefly
as King Ferdinand when George Grossmith abandoned the part, until
Henry Lytton took over). Workman was Simon in Old Sarah, the companion
piece for the first revival of The Yeomen of the Guard (1897). In The
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein that year, he also played Carl.
best known as a successor to George Grossmith in the comic baritone
roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He was sometimes credited as C.
Herbert Workman or C. H. Workman.Charles Herbert Workman was born in
Bootle, on the outskirts of Liverpool, Lancashire, and studied singing
under his brother, Albert Edward Workman, in Liverpool.A newcomer to
the stage, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1894 as Calynx
in a provincial tour of Utopia, Limited. In 1895, he also played the
roles of Pedrillo in The Chieftain, Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor in
Patience and Pennyfather in After All!, the curtain raiser for a
revival of The Mikado. Workman then created the small part of Ben
Hashbaz in The Grand Duke (1896). He later created the part of Adam in
F. C. Burnand and R. C. Lehmann's His Majesty (1897; appearing briefly
as King Ferdinand when George Grossmith abandoned the part, until
Henry Lytton took over). Workman was Simon in Old Sarah, the companion
piece for the first revival of The Yeomen of the Guard (1897). In The
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein that year, he also played Carl.
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