The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-22
Dolly Declares it Isn't Easy to Line Up'' All the Talents of MT. Harrison Brockbank in One Story So the Sweeping Statement that He is Ideal for a
 Miss Sprngtime'' Hero Must Suffice

dashing, handsome. clever, with ms lovely baritone voice essayed the role and it has held him stout and fast ever since and it looks very much as II ne isn't going to be able to throw it otf for a long, long time.
 It isn't easy to line up" all t1e charms of MT. Brockbank in a single newspaper story. so perhaps a gen eral sweeping statement to the e1fect that he is the 100 per cent ideal of light opera will suffice.
 MT. Brockbank. please let me say right here, is as modest as the hlstori" violet, despite his great success 'h grand opera here and in London Mat inee girls haven't succeeded in spoii- ing him: a pleasing stage presence, beautiful voice-neither of these as sets has made him anything but Jus, very charming and agreeable man who hasn't one grain of conceit
 MT Brock bank, while he has an art all of his own. really doesn't like b talk about it he'd lots rather taik about Miss Springtime" and love ana flowers and beautiful things. but l just would have a word of detail about himself; didn't you know that I would
 ''To tell you very briefly about my self I'll begin with the fact that I'm an Englishman,' MT Brockbank said. '1've been in America about eight years; I came here really to see the country-a sort of vacation. and l was mme ediately pressed into service ana perhaps the best work that I've done musicary in this country was in The Purple Road when Valli Valli and my self were presenting this offering.
 "I had sung at Covent Garden, in London" MT. Brockbank con tuned, "and I've concertized with Patti Eve sung with the De- Reskezes and other grand opera stars. I sang the baritone role, Tonic, in Paglacci the first time it was ever presented in London; also the baritone part Alfio in "Cavalieria Rusticana." So. you see, my work has been confined almost exclusively to grand opera.
 And really I'm not very remote from it in Miss Springtime. MT. Brockbank said "The music is adorable; it is very high class--far above the average light opera or comic opera, as 1t IS generally called. It gives an especial- lv fine opportunity for baritone and George McFarlane who sang the role in another company of Miss Spring time,' and I both felt ourselves fortu- nate in having the opportunity to sing it."
 What wonderful musical things you've done,' I observed as he told me of his career and many other musi- cal attractions he'd sung in.
 "I don't know that there's anything wonderful about it. Mir. Brockbank replied with his decidedly English ac- cent and dignified manner. "Pve never done much of anything else; ought to know something about music. I'm sure of one thing and that is, I don't know much about anything else. I don't take any particular credit to myself, though. because I've been singing ever since I could carry a tune and I re- fuse to believe that there is anything remarkable about a man knowing mu- sic when he's been singing, sleeping, eating music all his life"
 'Too modest I suggested as ho passed on to other things, among which was the war, and Mir Brockbank told me of his splendid boy who was in the English army-left college where he