J. Brandon Phillips (1889-96)

J. Brandon Phillips toured with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "B" for most, if not all, of the years spanning January 1889 and December 1896. He reportedly appeared first in a small but unspecified part in The Yeomen of the Guard in 1889, and in December 1890 deputized briefly for Cairns James as the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers. Phillips again filled in as the Duke, and as Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard as well, in September 1891, following James's departure and before Charles R. Walenn joined the Company later that month.

Over the next five years he took a number of smaller parts:Sing-Song Simeon in Haddon Hall (November 1892-February 1894), Tarara in Utopia Limited (February 1894-February 1895), Pedro Gomez in The Chieftain (February-August 1895), Annibale in The Gondoliers (September 1895-April 1896), John Dory in The Vicar of Bray (January-April 1896), Viscount Mentone (April-July 1896) and Doctor Tannhauser (July-December 1896) in The Grand Duke, and Leonard Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard (July-December 1896). He also filled in from time to time as Wilfred Shadbolt in Yeomen (November 1889 and July 1892), Rupert Vernon in Haddon Hall (November-December 1893), and Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore and Ko-Ko in The Mikado (both April 1895).