MISS CECIL BRADLEY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1508, 20 March 1919, Page 34

MISS CECIL BRADLEY.

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A versatile young Australian who has forged her way to the front in recent years is Miss Cecil Bradley, who is amply justifying her ascent to leading roles with the J. C. Williamson Musical Comedy Company.

Miss Bradley has a voice of excellent quality which she uses with expressiveness, and a joyous personality which enables her to see things from a happy view point and transfer it across the footlights. She came over to New Zealand first with “The Blue Bird,” in which she played the boy lover, and since then she has been fitting herself for musical comedy work, until by degrees she qualified for top honours. She has understudied Miss Dorothy Brunton in all the parts the latter in her turn had understudied. She was also understudy for Miss Maude Fane, who is at present seeking fame abroad. “Understudying hardens you to disappointments,” says this lively little actress, who really makes you feel as if there was no such thing in the world. “You have to keep yourself word perfect to go on at a moment’s notice, and then just hope against hope that something will turn up to give you a chance.”

The Al Bruce Revue Company con elude their season in Auckland on Saturday night, and leave next week for Brisbane.

The present tour of Australia and New Zealand of Mdlle. Antonia Dolores commenced in Sydney last May, and the famous French artist toured the provincial towns of the Mother State and Queensland with enormous success. She went as far north as Cairns under the management of Mr. Duncan Neven, who is still with her. and she travelled 4546 miles by rail by the time she returned to. Sydney, 128 miles by motor, 866 miles by sea. and 40 miles by coach, showing the enormous distances in Australia. This is Dolores’ farewell tour of New Zealand, for she returns to France at its conclusion, via the East.

Mr. John Farrell came up to Auckland yesterday to see the “Nothing But the Truth” Company off for Sydney by the Manuka.