George Grossmith was born in London, to a theatrical family.
They were friendly with the Terrys and Sir Henry Irving and, after
receiving some recognition for his amateur ‘penny readings’, Grossmith
became a professional actor. Through his association with Arthur
Sullivan and the theatre manger Richard D’Oyly Carte, he went on to
create some of the greatest roles in the repertoire of Gilbert and
Sullivan, including Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore, Major General
Stanley in Pirates of Penzance, the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe and
Ko-Ko in The Mikado.
His performing career spanned four decades and as a writer he created
18 comic operas and in collaboration with his brother wrot the comic
novel Diary Of A Nobody which is available as an audiobook download
from Silksoundbooks.
