 Pinafore".In 1968, he began to understudy Donald Adams in the principal bass-baritone roles, appearing on occasion as Dick Deadeye in "Pinafore", the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", and the title role in "The Mikado".He changed his name to Ayldon because another Equity member was known as John Arnold.