Lyric, Hammersmith

‘The Enemy in Our Midst, played by author Mr. G. Carlton Wallace’s company, is providing a great treat here. The play is well mounted and acted, and is received with enthusiasm. The Zeppelin raid in the last act is realistic'. The Stage, 7 October 1915.

‘Mr. Ernest R. Abbott’s company are providing a good entertainment with The Love Child here [Lyric, Hammersmith] this week. The pathos and humour appeal greatly to the audience, and the play is a great attraction. Mr. John Johnston is capital as Curly Saunders, and his act with a fine bull terrier, is well worth seeing. Miss Ada Abbott the authoress, as Meg the unmarried mother, plays the part very sympathetically. As Eliza, Miss Marion Holley causes laughter. Tommy, the love child, is very sweetly played by Miss Nellie Crowther. As Lady Rose Kingdon, Miss Glory Kelland acts very nicely, and so does Miss Agnes Kingston as the Dowager Lady Kingdon. Mr. Philip Layton as the Rev. Peter Cordiner makes the part stand out; he delivers his lines well, and is to be congratulated. The Steve Warden of Mr. Herbert Barrs and the Boney of Mr. W. H. Davis Brown are very good. Others in the cast are Miss Annie Morgan as Mrs. Huxter, Miss Mary Deane as Mrs. Warden, Mr. Frank Kelland as Lord Kingdon, Mr. Edwin Keene as Portal, and Miss Esther Carthew as Manx. There will be an “illuminated matinée” to-day ( Thursday) at 2.30’. The Stage, 2 December 1915.

The Stage, 20 and 27 April 1916, noted that Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking was On Tour from 17 and 24 April at the Lyric, Hammersmith. An advertisement for the play in The Stage, 27 April 1916, noted, 'Great success at Hammersmith’.