Arthur Playfair โ€“ The dancing corporal

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Arthur Wyndham Playfair was an actor and singer. He appeared in a couple of William Schwenck Gilbertโ€™s operas, as well as Edwardian musical comedies, and also created roles in Victorian burlesques. Born on the 20th October in 1869, Playfair started life in Ellichpur, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He made his first appearance on the British stage โ€ฆ Read More