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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 181, 20 April 1918, Page 8

Quite the event of (he current London has biC-n the '■'iking over of the Globs by Miss Marie Lohr. Tho Sydney girl's enterprise has nrouscd the most encouraging comiuMit, particularly on tho part of the theatrical Press. 'Sir. B. Woolcote. in the "Bra." lccnlls thp (lays when lie hrst met Lho- daughter of Miss .Kate Bishop, with whom he was then touring in musical comedy. Marie was, of course, the tiniest of tots, but had even then made ncr "first appearance" in Australia. My. Wonlcote concludes with a hope that will bo endorsed by all: "I have never seen her plav a pnrt badlv," he sa.vs. "Her work is so jrell done that you ask jourself how it's done; and so Ion? ns she is there, gracious, simple, and lovable, you are satisfied. . . . Litt.li> Marie — here's wishing you a bumper *-ouse, and brimming over—everv night during your management." Saturday, January' 26, was the date set down for Miss T.ohr's first venture, with Somerset Maugham's latest comedy, "Love in a Cottage." Madame Elsie Davies, who sang here in "The Messiah" last December, 6ang the soprano music of "Elijah" with the Melbourne Philharmonic Society a few evenings ago. Said the "Australasian": "Mndamo Elsie Davie,s displayed her fine voice to advantage in the various soprano • solos, but tho words—and what .wonderful words they are—they voiced Bha left her hearers to find ou,t for themselves. That is, her enunciation was faulty—a serious blemish in a work where parlando effects are freely employed. The Sydney floyal Philharmonic Jjociety is giving a series of popular concerts on Saturday evenings at the Sydney Town Hall.