Venue(s):
Lyceum Theatre
Event Type:
Orchestral
Performance Forces:
Vocal
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 April 2025
“Miss Helen L. D. Potter gave a very enjoyable entertainment at this theatre yesterday afternoon, in which she displayed considerable powers as a dramatic reader, especially in her imitations of Mrs. Scott-Siddons, Anna Dickinson, Julia Ward Howe and John B. Gough, which were very clever and lifelike. Miss Lizzie Brophy sung Millard’s popular composition, ‘Waiting,’ and, for an encore, Clay’s beautiful song, ‘She wandered down the mountain side.’ She has a pure soprano voice of rare sympathetic quality, and on this occasion she used it with an effect only to be sought for in a professional artist or one whose instincts lead towards expression, finish and tenderness in singing. The regular orchestra of the theatre played some selections.”