 The same year, over the protests of her family, Menzies married D'Oyly Carte soprano star Elsie Griffin.They had one daughter, Mahala.During these early seasons, Menzies understudied Henry Lytton, Leo Sheffield and other principal comedians of the company and appeared occasionally in the leading comedy roles of the Learned Judge in "Trial", Major General Stanley in "The Pirates of Penzance", the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe", Jack Point in "Yeomen", and the Duke of Plaza-Toro in "The Gondoliers".