Robert Evett

He continued to star in musicals and operettas for the next decade, including in The Little Michus (1905), The Merry Widow (1907), A Waltz Dream (1908) and The Girl in the Train (1910).

[1] In 1892 Evett joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on tour in The Vicar of Bray, playing the Reverend Henry Sandford, the tenor lead.

In 1894, the company toured with Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited, with Evett playing the smaller role of Lord Dramaleigh and also Sandford and Oswald in repertory.

In 1897 and 1898, Evett toured with a D'Oyly Carte repertory company in the principal Gilbert and Sullivan tenor roles of Alexis in The Sorcerer, Ralph in H.M.S.

Pinafore, Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, the Duke of Dunstable in Patience, Earl Tolloller in Iolanthe, Cyril in Princess Ida, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Colonel Fairfax in The Yeomen of the Guard, and Marco in The Gondoliers, as well as Prince Max in His Majesty.

[1] In 1898, Evett transferred from the touring company to the Savoy Theatre in London, where he played Marco in The Gondoliers and Alexis in The Sorcerer.

In 1900, he played Frederic in Pirates and the Duke in Patience, together with the role of Charlie Brown in Pretty Polly, a curtain-raiser.

In 1903, he created the role of Lieutenant Brook Green in A Princess of Kensington, after which the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company left the Savoy, and Evett, together with most of the cast, joined a tour of that production.

[1] At the end of the tour, Evett and other former members of D'Oyly Carte left that company and transferred to the Adelphi Theatre where they appeared in a new Edwardian musical comedy, The Earl and the Girl[2] and in the pantomime Little Hans Andersen.

[3] Evett continued to perform in West End musicals and operettas for a decade, appearing at Daly's Theatre, Drury Lane, the Hicks Theatre and the Vaudeville,[1] in shows such as The Little Michus (1905), The Talk of the Town (1905),[4] The Merveilleuses (1906), The Merry Widow (1907, creating the role of Camille de Rosillon), A Waltz Dream (1908),[5] and The Girl in the Train (1910).