The Resume

(May 3, 1844-April 3, 1901)
Best known for producing the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas
Produced ‘Trial by Jury (1875),’ ‘The Sorcerer (1877),’ ‘H.M.S. Pinafore (1878),’ ‘Patience (1881),’ ‘Iolanthe (1882),’ ‘The Mikado (1885),’ ‘Ruddigore (1887),’ ‘The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)’ and ‘The Gondoliers (1889)’
Built the Savoy Theatre in London (1881)

Why he might be annoying:

His middle name sounded like 'doily.'
He dropped out of college.
He was a failed composer.
He built a grand opera house in London that was a complete bust.
He married his secretary.
He pissed off W.S. Gilbert by making him pay for expensive carpeting in their theater.
He wore fur.

Why he might not be annoying:

He united W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, who went on to write many popular operas.
The two hated each other, but he managed to keep their partnership going for years.
He trusted his wife to run his company with him (very unusual for the time).
He built the Savoy Theatre in London, which still operates today.
It was the first public building in the world lit only by electricity.
One critic wrote: ‘If Gilbert and Sullivan opera was, like Moses, cradled in the reeds, then Richard D’Oyly Carte played the part of Pharoah’s daughter’ (whatever that means).

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

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• I Died in 1901 (Ranked: 56)
• I Inspired a Musical
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• Look at Me, I'm Using a Cane or Crutches
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• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
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• Profiles 15751-16000 (Ranked: 15974)
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• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 28 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 62.79% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 68.32% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 100 Votes: 59.00% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 47 Votes: 55.32% Annoying