Frederick Thomas Thorne (1862 â€" 26 November 1922), stage name Eric
Thorne, was an English singer and actor in musical theatre and comic
opera.His professional career began in 1884 with the D'Oyly Carte
Opera Company where he worked for almost two years, and then he played
roles for more than a decade at London theatres in plays, operettas
and Edwardian musical comedies such as In Town and Gentleman Joe. From
1897, he became better known on tour, especially as Hilarius in La
Poupée, Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow and Mr. Bulgar in The Dollar
Princess. He was still performing in the early 1920s.In February 1884,
Thorne joined the chorus of a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring
company. In the summer of that year, while the company performed at
Portsea, he married another member of the company, Ada Dorée. In
March 1885, Thorne briefly performed the role of King Hildebrand in
Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, and in May he was given the part
of Florian in that production, and in The Sorcerer he added the role
of Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre. In June 1885, H.M.S. Pinafore was added
to the company's repertoire, and Thorne was cast as Dick Deadeye. He
left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in December 1885.
Thorne, was an English singer and actor in musical theatre and comic
opera.His professional career began in 1884 with the D'Oyly Carte
Opera Company where he worked for almost two years, and then he played
roles for more than a decade at London theatres in plays, operettas
and Edwardian musical comedies such as In Town and Gentleman Joe. From
1897, he became better known on tour, especially as Hilarius in La
Poupée, Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow and Mr. Bulgar in The Dollar
Princess. He was still performing in the early 1920s.In February 1884,
Thorne joined the chorus of a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring
company. In the summer of that year, while the company performed at
Portsea, he married another member of the company, Ada Dorée. In
March 1885, Thorne briefly performed the role of King Hildebrand in
Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, and in May he was given the part
of Florian in that production, and in The Sorcerer he added the role
of Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre. In June 1885, H.M.S. Pinafore was added
to the company's repertoire, and Thorne was cast as Dick Deadeye. He
left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in December 1885.
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