ALEXANDER WATSON
FAMOUS ENTERTAINER'S VISIT That master of elocutionary art, Mr Alexander Watson, will commence a season of recitals of the works of poets, dramatists, novelists, and humorists, under the direction of- H. J. Gravestock, Ltd., at the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Tuesday, March 11. In the span of twenty or more years of world touring Mr Watson has made for himself a unique place in dramatic and elocutionary art, and his name is now almost a household word; indeed, ho has become a British institution. Mr Watson’s repertoire is a wide ope, and ho has not ceased to add to it. His first recital on March 11 will include selections from Sir J. M. Barrie’s famous story, ‘The Little Minister,’ a work which was highly popular on his last tour, with a group of selections in the second part new to his Dunedin audiences, including Walter de la Mare’s ‘ The Listeners ’; two items from Harry Graham’s' ‘ The World’s Workers’ (‘The Millionaire-’ and -The Actor’); ‘Laughing Ann’ (A. P. Herbert), and extracts from A. A. Milne’s works. ‘When We Were Very Young’ and ‘Now We Are Six.’ A feature of the second recital on Wednesday, March 12, will be the performance of John Masefield’s thrilling narrative poem, ‘The Everlasting Mercy.’ Box plans .open on Friday, March 7.
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Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 12
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