MR FLEMING NORTON'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 2

MR FLEMING NORTON'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Thosh who lofrained from patronising the flit, itaininont given by Mr Norton at tho Public H<ill, Hamilton, last night, missed i nt.t of a tli iiMctci which iinhtipnilv is v. < i v i. ue in the W.ukato. We c.innot call f'> tiuii'l any other performance of the kind, mil we do not except even the gieat \\'=din, or Tlnuton, which affotded as much genuine amusement as that provided 1 \st night. Mr Noiton enjoys a wide reputation in England and Australians a versatile delineator of charactoi, and the wide range of impersonations lntmduced by him fully justified all that has been written m his pi-use in the London and Colonial Press. Each character is a caieful study, complete in the minutest detaiN, while <it the name titno there is a freedom and an absence of .utihcialityabontthemwhichisin thohighust degiee chartning. Whether it be Mi Paul Pei kins, Mr 01 Mrs Twankoy Hill, Mr Spivens, Miss Swanleigh, M. Alphonse, Mr Chucklehcad, or any of the other numerous " picnic poi traits," Mr Norton is emphatically at home, and to tho manner born. Not the least enjoyable part of the pel formance is the Hinging. Every charac tor sings, and in a totally different from tho others. Perhaps thp ladies nhine most conspicuously in this department. Miss Swanleigh .sings "II Bacio," which is by no tne.iib ea-*y, with delightful emphasis and Miii Tremlow's " Fleeting Joys " w.ig teally a delightful piece of \ociihsation. But perhaps the most remarkable item in the piogrammo was Mr Jack Kigginn' whistling solo, "The Last Rose of Sumnun." The double-tonguing was wonderful, and the performance faiily bi ought down the house. We must not ointt to add, a-> a fiuther recommendation, that the entertainment i> wholly fiee from indelicacy, and may be enjoyed by the young equally with their elder*, to all of whom we, commend it as a apecitic for dy^pep.sia. The nisti uinental part of the music ii \eiy efficiently supplied by Herr Diederichsen, wh<i is r.n accomplished pianist. Mr Nortoii will ])erform at Le (^uesne's Hall, H.imilton East, this evening, and we predict for In in a crowded house. On Fiiday and Sitmday ho will appear at Caiubi ulgi 1 , and there ilso he is oitam to behbeially p.iti(ini--ed.