sentences:  In Manchester in 1876, he played Captain Flint in "The Sultan of Mocha" by Alfred Cellier.Later that year, he created the role of Zapeter in W. S. Gilbert and Clay's "Princess Toto" at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham and on tour in the provinces and next played Amen Squeak in "Nell Gwynne" by Cellier at Prince's Theatre in Manchester.Ryley joined Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy-Opera Company Ltd. in 1878, appearing as John Wellington Wells in the first provincial production of "The Sorcerer", and the Learned Judge in "Trial by Jury" on the same bill.