多伊利卡特時期

從1877年到1889年，格羅史密斯成為多伊利·卡特的成員之一，他在倫敦主演的薩弗伊歌�。⊿avoy Opera）中扮演過九種喜劇的角色：

Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore (1878),

Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance (1880),

Reginald Bunthorne in Patience (1881),

the Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe (1882),

King Gama in Princess Ida (1884),

Ko-Ko in The Mikado (1885),

Robin Oakapple in Ruddygore (1887), and

Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard (1888).