 In 1924 she starred in a "fantastic ballad opera", "Kate; or, Love Will Find Out the Way", after which she took a three-year break from the stage.She filed for divorce from her husband in 1926 and returned to the West End in January 1927 in John Galsworthy's drama, "Escape", and in the same year succeeded her sister-in-law, Mabel Russell Philipson, as Blanquette in "The Beloved Vagabond", at the New Theatre.In 1928 she appeared in Christabel Marillier's musical version of "The Rose and the Ring", conducted by Malcolm Sargent.