ERNEST DRAKE AND HIS LYRIC MAIDS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 222, 19 September 1919, Page 4

ERNEST DRAKE AND HIS LYRIC MAIDS.

A change from the usual routine of.: pictures will take place at His Majesty's to-night, when Ernest Drake1 and. his Lyric Maids will provide aprogramme.. of ■ bright entertainment —"music, melody, and-mirth, ma do in New Zealand." Ernest Drake isbilled as "a tenor supreme," with tv voice of natural sweetness and power. Elsie Kells. (described as "Welling— ton's soprano"), is §aid to sing with verve and expression, and to be at once pleasing and appealing. Batbie* Howie-Stuart, who visited Blen-> heim a few months ago, is a /jpybringer, remarkably versatile, embodying the spirit of golden: youths and merriment. Last but not <ieastr is ■ Clarice Wood, a pianist of unrdoubted ability and finish. As ac--companist she also contributes in no> small' manner to the ssuccess of theenfcertainment. The picture portion, of to-night's pipgramme will comprise "Soldiei's of Chance" and episode 12 of "The Fatal Ring." Th©box plan, is at the General News Agency."