ALEXANDER WATSON BECITAL.

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 36, 11 August 1921, Page 3

ALEXANDER WATSON BECITAL.

As a platform entertainer, Mr. Alexander Watson contiriues to delight packed audiences nightly in the Concert Chamber at the Town Hall. This is not surprising, as Mr. Watson is an elocutionist of the first rank, and has such a remarkable versatility that he is certainly "a, host in himself." Last night he gave further fine selections from his extensive repertoire, and was so successful in each that he won re^ 11 '- spontaneous applause. His recita' E Dickens's "Boots at the . Holly Tree Inn" was quite a treat to listen to, and he capped his effort by a selection from "Pickwick." He was equally at home in Kipling's "The Song of the Banjo" and "The Shut-Eye Sentry," in W. P. Maltham's "The Ballad of the Mayflower," in E.D.L.'s "Lone Pine Ridge, 1915," and in s Theodore Hook's "Sir Timothy's Dilemma," all of which made heavy calls 'upon him, but which he recited with the ease of a master. His finest effort, perhaps, was the concluding item- The Amateur Rider," by A. B. Paterson —in which he displayed his best artistry. To bight Mr. Watson will be heard in another excellent programme, which will fnclude selections from Shakespeare,' Christina Rosetti, Tennyson, /Dennis, G. S. Foss, Whitcomb Riley, and Mark Twain.