"Miss Lancashire, Limited."

NZ Truth, Issue 181, 5 December 1908, Page 6

"Miss Lancashire, Limited."

Miss Florence Baine, the girl who set all London laughing, and her talented company open a season m the Theatre iloyal on Monday evening, when tflie stirring musical comedy, "Miss Lancashire, Limited," will be staged. - Exchanges fromAustralia show that this lady has proved a great , attraction and has received some most flattering notice^ from the press, whilst she has been honored with the patronage of every (governor m the Commonwealth. Miss Baine travelled Englar three years and was at the" London pavilion for two years m company with such distinguished stars as the late Dan Leno and, Mr Harry Lauder. . She. abandoned the music halls m order to go on tour with her own show. Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, who is a personal friend of Miss Baine's, after witnessing her performance, wrote, /'You have made me laugh more than I have done for years." Miss Baine suffered from an affection o) Lhe throat, and as. London fogs were not conducive to it being, remedied, she was ordered to Australia and. opened m Sydney . by vice-regal command joi" ~ Sir larry Rawson, Governor of Soutli Wales, at the Palace Theatre, where she played for eleven consecutive weeks to crowded houses, a performance which was afterwards repeated m Melbourne. In tlie opening performance at Christchurch iVliss Baine had the pateoriage of the Governor Lord Plunket, and Bishop Grimes. Singing is a strong feature of the play. In the opening programme Miss Baines sings, Tosti's VGood-bye" and als3 renders songs typical of London coster-monger life, including the "Laughing Song," which made her famous and earned for her the title of "the girl who set London laughing." Miss Baine plays "Our Mary Ellen" m "Miss Lancasnire, Limited," and the part is one m which the Lancashire dialect is freely used. Everyone speaks of her laugh as being infectious and those who know the ptaysay that the Theatre Royal will b« converted into a laughing factory and that she will have a big output. The box plan is at the Dresden.