 Later in Fancourt's career, his wife was made the company's stage director and director of productions.Fancourt continued to play most of the principal bass-baritone roles for D'Oyly Carte until 1953.The company performed almost year-round in repertory during these 33 years, and Fancourt appeared in well over 10,000 performances; he played the title role in "The Mikado" more than 3,000 times.