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Madeleine Lucette Ryley
writer
- Birth name:
- Madeleine Matilda Bradley
- Born:
- 1859-12-26, London, England, UK
- Died:
- 1934-02-17, London, England, UK
- Professions:
- writer
Biography
Madeleine Lucette began her career as an actress and singer, joining the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1878 as a soprano chorister. Before she left the company in 1882, she had also performed in the principal roles of Constance and Aline in the W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan operetta "The Sorcerer". She married fellow D'Oyly Carte singer J.H. Ryley and later, under her married name of Madeleine Lucette Ryley, became known as an author of plays, two of which were adapted into films.
