MR STEPHEN MASSETT.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 870, 17 January 1878, Page 2

MR STEPHEN MASSETT.

Mr Massett,' than whom no mora versatile #nd finished elocutionist has appeared iu the. colonies has been induced to visit the Waikato, and, will perform at Cambridge on Saturday, and-at Hamilton on the following Mond y. The Auckland papers are loud in.their praises of Mr Massett's-ability, and especially of his versatility—at oiie time moving his a'udience to tears, at another creating the greatest merriment. His power as a mimic is said to be something wonderful, enabling him to reproduce" Voice, intonation, and manner -with-..astonishing 1 fidelity, and sometimes with ti dash of caricature, for r ;'the' Lmd'»n ' Morning Advertiser,' iti speaking- of his imitation of Madame A'nui B.shop, says ihzt it was so cuniealu accurate as to pro uc« peals ol laughter, pother journalist, the 'Standard,' says of him :—" We catinpt now call.-to. mind any arti t who combines in so eminent a decree the -qualifications. i)f .composer, vocalist, mimic, nnd elocutionist."

.Many amongst us to, >k the opportunity some months ayfo, when an .artist oh the same, stamp, the Rev Charles C ? lark, the Wakato, of listening to his wonderful lectures, and many more who did not have since wished that they had done so. The sedohd Opportunity of enjoying a rare intellectual before them, and it will be fault if they again give themselves to regret, . : THere, .is, perhaps, this difference, however, that, the performance* is more varied than a lecture on a single subject, but from graVe to gay, from the sublime to Mr Massett carries his audience-with him, and, as the ;' Melbourne Herald, 1 speaking of his performance, says :—" To please an assembly for two hours, without any assistance but that of a piano forte, requires a variety of talent seldom found in a single individual."