sentences:  In 1883, he played the Lord Chancellor in a tour of "Iolanthe".Thornton left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1884 and began a long series of tours of Australia in stage comedies, notably "The Private Secretary", interspersed with appearances in burlesques, farces and other plays on the London stage and on tour.He rejoined D'Oyly Carte in the 1890s in London and on tour, and later returned to touring Australia in comedies including "Charley's Aunt".