The Globe, Consett

Mon-Wed. Sat. Francis Daniels presents Miss Cissie Bellamy and Company.

Advertised in the Consett Guardian, 8 March 1918, as a new play by Clifford Rean. The advertisement printed the full cast as listed in The Era, 13 February 1918, except that Lady Inglemere was to be played by Blanche [sic - apparently Beatrice] Fitzhugh (and Chate was spelled Chatt and Lyndon was spelled Lindon). Also: ‘The new play, by Clifford Rean, entitled “The Voice on the ‘Phone,” is a clever(?) piece of work; and it is most effectively interpreted by Mr Will H. Glaze’s dramatic company. The plot, which begins with the message over the wires, is so deftly interwoven that surprises succeed each other in startling revelations, and the spirit of romance, intrigue and adventure is thoroughly well sustained throughout. The impersonation of “Sir Charles Inglemere” by Mr James Stillwell is a most convincing achievement, while the Lady Marion” of Miss Blanche Fitzhugh is another artistic(?) success both being distinguished … the true aristocratic tone, alike in speech and bearing. They impart a superior(?) power to the play, which is only more intensely brought into relief by the contrast afforded in the necessarily varied … of “Miss Gwendolene” (Miss Renee Bevan) – a very emphatic study indeed of the ecstatic revue girl – the “Silas P Judd” of Mr. R. Wilson – whose American journalist is personified to the life – the scheming secretary “Julius Dawn” of Mr Alfred Stretton, whose part is exceedingly well played, and the drunken wife of the farmer which is a perfect study in alcoholism as presented by Miss Marie Deyonson. The son of the titled part who(?) is the original cause of all that follows in is the capable hands of Mr Geoffrey Chatt(?), and his sweetheart “Dorothy” is a charming pourtayal by Miss Florence Lindon, who is destined to make her mark in her profession as time goes on. Mr Charles E. Johnson deserves a word of praise for his sturdy realisation of “Farmer Hulton’s” character in both its artistic and dramatic requirements’ (Consett Guardian, 15 March 1918).