22:
86:
272:. They married in 1884, and he acted as father to her four children: Lillian Bertha (later an actress and singer known as Lilian Eldée, c. 1870–1904), Zoe (born c. 1871), Valentine Robert (1878–1950) and John (born 1881); their fathers are unknown. In 1882, she replaced
69:
Bromley was born on 30 September 1850 in London to an actress and singer, also
Eleanor Bromley (1826–1860). The identity of her father is unknown. Her mother was born into the large family of John Charles Bromley (died 1839) and his wife Hannah
82:. She continued to act until she died in childbirth in 1860. In 1857, she had married Charles Henry Cook. After her mother's death, Bromley and her younger sister, Jessy Cook, were raised by their grandmother Hannah.
294:: "Miss Nelly Bromley is pretty and interesting as Constance". She retired from the stage around the same time. In later life, Bromley used her married name, Mrs. Archibald Stuart-Wortley.
499:
93:
Bromley used her nickname "Nelly" as her stage name and, like her mother, began a stage career in her teens. By
December 1866, she was acting at the
494:
269:
358:
128:
61:, although she played in that piece for just over three months out of a successful career spanning nearly two decades.
184:. Although Bromley was a critical success in the part, she left the production in July 1875. "Trial by Jury Lancers",
489:
285:
201:
219:. Bromley acted regularly at the Criterion in a series of long-running English adaptations of French farces:
171:
290:
140:
52:
484:
479:
175:
144:
124:
74:
Shailer. Her mother had begun acting while still a teenager, in 1843, appearing at many of the major
136:
98:
48:
417:
242:
336:
354:
206:
192:
185:
51:
and comic plays. She is best remembered today for having created the role of the
Plaintiff in
229:
107:
75:
262:
132:
94:
79:
43:(30 September 1850 – 27 October 1939) was an English actress and singer who performed in
258:
205:. Later in 1875 Bromley played the Princess of Granada in H. S. Leigh's translation of
473:
400:
332:
180:
156:
112:
102:
57:
174:
acting for Selina Dolaro) to create the role of the
Plaintiff, on 25 March 1875, in
127:. Like her mother, she soon appeared in many of the West End theatres including the
111:. She remained in the company at the Royalty, acting in other burlesques, including
454:
273:
254:
234:
211:
148:
120:
298:
21:
85:
403:, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 23 December 2010, accessed 5 June 2018
188:'s dance arrangement of numbers from the piece, was dedicated to Bromley.
44:
84:
245:. In 1879, she created the role of Amy Jones in another hit,
20:
170:
She then returned to the
Royalty (under the management of
351:
W. S. Gilbert, A Classic
Victorian & His Theatre
249:. She returned to the Royalty in 1880, appearing in
337:"Nellie Bromley, or, A breach of lots of promises"
215:, presented at the Globe Theatre with the title
123:. She also played in comedies and toured with
8:
119:and as Nimble Ned in Burnand's burlesque on
381:Nellie Bromley in Pascoe, Charles E. (ed.)
328:
326:
324:
322:
320:
318:
316:
314:
280:at the Criterion. In 1883, she appeared in
377:
375:
373:
371:
268:By 1881, Bromley had moved in with artist
227:and, as Rebecca, in the original cast of
500:19th-century British women opera singers
233:(1877), as well as René in a Farnie and
97:in London, playing Dolly Mayflower in a
395:
393:
391:
385:(1880), David Bogue, London, pp. 60–61]
310:
301:, Hampshire in 1939 at the age of 89.
151:'s musical comedies. In his pasticcio
147:. By 1873, she had become popular in
7:
463:The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan
449:The Gilbert & Sullivan Companion
16:English actor and singer (1850–1939)
451:. London: W.H. Allen & Co Ltd.
159:played sisters Flossie and Sybil.
14:
465:. London: Chappell & Co. Ltd.
339:, Kurt Gänzl's blog, 3 June 2018
1:
78:theatres, especially at the
353:. Oxford University Press.
288:, earning a good review in
516:
412:Adams, William Davenport.
495:English operatic sopranos
414:A Dictionary of the Drama
349:Stedman, Jane W. (1996).
286:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
237:adaptation of Offenbach,
461:Allen, Reginald (1975).
433:, September 1883, p. 153
270:Archibald Stuart-Wortley
191:She next played at the
29:Eleanor Elizabeth Emily
197:The Great Divorce Case
90:
53:Gilbert & Sullivan
25:
447:Ayre, Leslie (1972).
202:Le Procès Veauradieux
88:
65:Life and early career
24:
247:Crutch and Toothpick
176:Gilbert and Sullivan
172:Richard D'Oyly Carte
125:Edward Askew Sothern
418:Chatto & Windus
276:in Burnand's farce
199:, an adaptation of
261:, Edward Rose and
91:
55:'s first success,
49:musical burlesques
26:
490:British actresses
383:The Dramatic List
207:Jacques Offenbach
195:as Mrs Graham in
193:Criterion Theatre
117:Highly Improbable
507:
466:
453:Introduction by
452:
434:
429:"Our Play-Box",
427:
421:
410:
404:
401:"Nellie Bromley"
397:
386:
379:
366:
364:
346:
340:
330:
297:Bromley died in
230:The Pink Dominos
186:Charles d'Albert
155:(1874), she and
153:The Black Prince
108:Black-Eyed Susan
515:
514:
510:
509:
508:
506:
505:
504:
470:
469:
460:
446:
443:
438:
437:
428:
424:
411:
407:
398:
389:
380:
369:
361:
348:
347:
343:
331:
312:
307:
263:Augustus Harris
168:
166:and later years
95:Royalty Theatre
80:Olympic Theatre
67:
17:
12:
11:
5:
513:
511:
503:
502:
497:
492:
487:
482:
472:
471:
468:
467:
458:
442:
439:
436:
435:
422:
405:
399:Stone, David.
387:
367:
359:
341:
309:
308:
306:
303:
259:Edward Solomon
167:
161:
66:
63:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
512:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
481:
478:
477:
475:
464:
459:
456:
450:
445:
444:
440:
432:
426:
423:
419:
415:
409:
406:
402:
396:
394:
392:
388:
384:
378:
376:
374:
372:
368:
362:
360:0-19-816174-3
356:
352:
345:
342:
338:
334:
329:
327:
325:
323:
321:
319:
317:
315:
311:
304:
302:
300:
295:
293:
292:
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
266:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
243:Folly Theatre
240:
236:
232:
231:
226:
222:
218:
214:
213:
208:
204:
203:
198:
194:
189:
187:
183:
182:
181:Trial by Jury
177:
173:
165:
164:Trial by Jury
162:
160:
158:
157:Selina Dolaro
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
113:W. S. Gilbert
110:
109:
104:
103:F. C. Burnand
100:
96:
89:Nelly Bromley
87:
83:
81:
77:
73:
64:
62:
60:
59:
58:Trial by Jury
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
34:
30:
23:
19:
462:
455:Martyn Green
448:
430:
425:
413:
408:
382:
350:
344:
296:
289:
281:
277:
274:Lottie Venne
267:
255:extravaganza
250:
246:
238:
235:Robert Reece
228:
224:
220:
216:
212:Les brigands
210:
200:
196:
190:
179:
169:
163:
152:
149:H. B. Farnie
121:Claude Duval
116:
106:
92:
71:
68:
56:
40:
36:
35:, sometimes
32:
28:
27:
18:
485:1939 deaths
480:1850 births
431:The Theatre
333:Gänzl, Kurt
291:The Theatre
137:Royal Court
474:Categories
441:References
217:Falsacappa
299:Lymington
241:, at the
239:La Créole
221:Hot Water
99:burlesque
45:operettas
143:and the
76:West End
365:, p. 53
284:at the
282:Freedom
225:On Bail
133:Olympic
41:Bromley
420:(1904)
357:
145:Strand
141:Gaiety
139:, the
37:Nellie
305:Notes
278:Betsy
253:, an
251:Venus
129:Globe
33:Nelly
355:ISBN
257:by
209:'s
178:'s
115:'s
105:of
101:by
72:née
476::
416:,
390:^
370:^
335:.
313:^
265:.
223:,
135:,
131:,
47:,
39:)
457:.
363:.
31:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
