A VAUDEVILLE FAVOURITE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1412, 17 May 1917, Page 33

A VAUDEVILLE FAVOURITE.

MISS VIOLET TREVENYON. Frequenters of vaudeville cannot but notice the up-grade of programmes of the present day. As a natural sequence old prejudices have been broken down, and the army of patrons is notably on the increase. Artists themselves—apart from the credit due to a discerning management —are largely responsible for this change in the public attitude, their manner of delivery having much to do with the recept on of their acts. A case in point is Miss Violet Trevenyon, the dainty artist who has made such a hit with audiences before whom she has appeared on the Fuller circuit in New Zealand. “I don’t profess to be a singer,” Miss Trevenyon confided to a “Review” representative. “I have no voice practically, so just have to depend on personality. But I do make a point of enunciation. And I believe in singing my songs as if I’m telling a story. In fact I like to be confidential with my audiences. I’m always learning new numbers, so if a certain song doesn’t please, then I have plenty more in reserve. And out of them the audience is bound to like something. I change my songs every week with the exception of one popular number. But I’m tired of hearing “I’ll Make You Want Me ” and am trying to break them into the chorus of one of the latest London

successes, “If You Were the Only Boy in the World.” The boys are getting into the swing of it nicely now! And another thing—l’m a great believer in the power of dress, and devote quite a lot of time and thought to pleasing the eye.” Miss Trevenyon, who has apeared at Home and abroad in musical comedy, came out from London a couple of years ago under engagement to Hugh D. Mclntosh, and after being “loaned” to the Fuller circuit for a term, subsequently signed a contract with the latter firm. The fact that last year she played a season of eight weeks each (counting returns) in the four cities in New Zealand, bringing her stay up to nearly nine months, speaks for itself as to her hold on the vaudeville lover. In private life Miss Trevenyon is Mrs. McCann, her husband at present being in Shanghai, and at the Conclusion of her theatrical engagement

she hopes to join him on a trip to America. There Is a possibility of “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” being revived in Auckland during the Robert GreigBeatrice Holloway season.