Theatre, she met doctor-turned-actor Arthur Culver James (1851–1895, stage name Arthur Dacre), and the two eventually married in 1884. Roselle was in more demand than her husband, but the two insisted on being engaged jointly. In January 1885 the couple appeared in Grundy's The Silver Shield at the Royal Strand Theatre, and for several years toured together in the British provinces, but eventually they had trouble getting a joint engagement and, out of work, ran up debts. A benefit performance was held for Roselle at the Lyceum Theatre on 16 June 1887, at which Trial by Jury was performed. Eventually Roselle and Dacre travelled to Australia where they played in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney (at Her Majesty's Theatre) and elsewhere. They did not succeed in paying off their debts, however, and became despondent. In Australia in 1895, as part of a murder-suicide pact, Dacre shot Roselle dead before cutting his own throat. Notes References External links Roselle at PictureHistory.com Photo of Roselle, 1887 Roselle on the cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 19 September 1885 English stage actresses People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan Joint suicides Murder–suicides in Australia Deaths by firearm in New South Wales 1854 births 1895 deaths 19th-century English actresses Actor-managers 19th-century theatre managers 1890s suicides 1890s in New South Wales 1895 murders in Australia