THE ALEXANDER WATSON RECITALS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17247, 10 September 1921, Page 11

THE ALEXANDER WATSON RECITALS.

T I ■ WW the' Alexander Watson fourth and final Australian tour ■was mapped 'cut 14 seemed impossible' to • fit in .more than one week in Christchurch. As this weei was such an unprecedented success and so many requests "for moro" have come to the famous elocutionist, two extra farewell recitals hav® been mad© possible by rearranging the tour. Those will be given ut th» Choral Hall, on Friday, evening, Kith lust.',- and Saturday evening, i7th inst. With hie usual generosity Alr'Wateon lias arranged to give more than usuaMy interesting programmes on thesa two occasions. Knowing that the Christchurch public has a real appreciation of the best in literature, Mr Watson will include in his items for the first recital selections from Sir J. M. Barrie, Tennyson, Dickens, Kipling, and Mark Twain. Lovwa of Dickens and Shakespeare will have a veritable feast at the farewell recital on Saturday evening, for Idr/Wataon will ma>k® his last B*>p«arfcnco in South Island in "Nicholse Nickleby" and from ' 2«£tic.j Ado- About Nothing:.". The bos nlan# will ooened at li ft, /g F 6 o*l Tuescifty mc-ming". Popular prices will bo charged.