ELOCUTIONARY RECITAL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18348, 3 April 1925, Page 11

ELOCUTIONARY RECITAL.

*_ An elocutionary recital given by Mr P. L. Davies in the Choral Hall last night was attended by «. large audience. The programme contained a wide selection of standard items, the dramatic element being dominant. Mr Davies is an experienced and. accomplished artist, his, voice has quality and feeling, and tho chief enjoyment of the recital was not so much in hearing the words as in hearing the organ-like swell of a pleasing and cultivated voice. , The leading items recited by Mr Davies wero: — "Tho Miner's Revenge" (Sims), "Across the Bridge". (Sinm), Marc Antouy 1 © Soliloquy over the Body of Ctesar (Shakespeare), "Christmaa Day in the Workhouse" (Hugo), "Tho Bells" (Edgar Allen Poe), an extatic passago from "Borneo and Juliet" (Shakespeare), "Snorkins" (Mel B. Sjjurr}, "By the Yukon Trail" (Hives), a railroad dramatic "Asleep at the Switch," a Fire Brigade dramatic "The Fireman's Wedding,"' and r a prairie dramatic "Tho Stockman's Tale of Woe." The celebrated "Denver's Dream, from that great melodrama "Tho Silver King," was also included. Many request items were likewise recited. Miss Dulcie Mitchell, the well-known contralto, sang several songs between iho recitations. These proved most enjoyable to all. The chief song was "Cha Faro," from the opera "Orpheus" (Gluok), and others wore "The Tryst" (Sibelius), "Tho Dreary Steppo" (iGrecbaniJnov), and Heights oE Yatra" (Dvorak).