George Thorne joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1881 as principal patter-baritone playing the roles of Mr Wells in "The Sorcerer", Sir Joseph in "HMS Pinafore", Major-General Stanley in "The Pirates of Penzance", Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe", King Gama in "Princess Ida", Ko-Ko in "The Mikado", Robin Oakapple in "Ruddigore", Jack Point in "The Yeomen of the Guard", Duke of Plaza Toro in "The Gondoliers", and Scaphio in "Utopia Ltd.". He married D'Oyly Carte choristor Geraldine Thompson, who sang with the company in 1883. Thorne himself left the company in 1899, after an impressive 18 years.
