MR FLEMING NORTON AT CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 2

MR FLEMING NORTON AT CAMBRIDGE.

Tno*>K of tlio Cambiidge pul>] ic* who missed the itiiotru.it affoided l>y tlji* m.v vellous impel solutions of Mr Fleming Noiton at Cambridge, on Satin day c\ cuing, let "-lip an oppoitunity ot spending a nio-t enjoy•iblo evening. It i-> \eiv seldom in \V.ukato that wo aie favotned with anything appioaching excellence in this pairiiulai line. Certainly the \isits of stinlhng players are pretty fiequent, but they aic rarely worth seemg 1 , .md aio gpneially rank "sells." Inconsequence of this, the Waikntu public ha\o gio\yn oxtiemely diffident in extending their pationngo. Hut the entertainments Risen by Mi Norton are as excellent as they aio laio, and those who have missed swing .no to be commiserated. We have seen nothing to surpass tho completeness of his impersonations. Tho various characteis .u e well Helectod, and the sketches are skillfully executed. Whether in the ".lolly F.it Man" or tho much admitcd young lady who is "engaged," Mr Noiton is exceedingly natural. Mr Samuel Spiuu.s is a capital hit, and the character Ming invanably di'tiUH forth poals of laiighter. " Twankoy Bill " nliiiH the "]Joh.sy Cove " is a most successful sketch, but perhaps the clowning hit of the male series it> Mr Z.icliai i.ili Chucklebead, mine hootof "The Shoulder of Mutton." Here Mr XOl ton is thoioughly at home, and if hia audience aie not "fetched" they are not human. Miss Tereia Tremlow a lady "warranted to shrink — from anything but an offer," is a happy conception, and perhaps tho most en tci taining sketch of tho series. The whole enteitainment is miith-pio\oking in tho extreme, and tho eharactois interesting beyond measure. Mr Norton is a company in himself, and his expeditious change fiom one character to another, combined with Inn marvellous adaptation of tho peculiarities of each is very striking. Mr Noiton is accompanied by a most accomplished pianist, Herr I)iedeiichsen. Mr Noiton appeared at Kihikihi befoio ,111 apniociati\e audience list night. Tonight he will give a f.nowell pnifoiinance at the Public Hall, Hamilton, when u 0u 0 havono do\ibt theie v. ill be .1 crowdi ¥ d liousc.

Li-t of \iMtim t.» Hie AIOII.I Spring-, In-t week :-U«n. W. .1. M. Lainach, (Minister for Mini"-.), .Mi L.im.ich, junr., Duurdin ; Mr H.uuur, Mr and Mis Keywoith, Wellington ; Mr Little, Mr it. K. Davis, Mr Humphties, Mi Runuity, Mr Dowdon, Mr D.ijiell, Mr Webb, Mi Douglas, Mi Cale.ll, Mr P. O'Sullnan, Mr C.ircw, Mi Hull, Mr Stead, Mm Wmtei, Kcv. Mr lioucher, Mr McCoskioy, Auckland ; Mi Kemiuk, K.M., T. T/. Mmray, Mr Ale\. Aitken, Mish Thomas, ATi S. Hptlniugton. Mr J.i««. M:n^!i.il], Tluines • Mr.T. R Wliyto, M.lf.R.,|Mi« Wli>tp, Mi O'Dei, Mr W. Mai-(»ri'j,'oi Hay, Haiinlton ; Mr (Jco. Hiirpcr, Mis-. Hmppi, Mr jiiul Mis W. Kout, Nelson; Mks Law, Dun edin ; Mr C.uroni, Tcvas, ir.S.A , Mr Darcy McDongall and seiMvnt, (^iu>cniland ; Mr Thnm, l'uriri ; Ko\. Mi (jalli nan, Sydney; Mr Cudinan, M.H. |{., Mr Itiidson, Coromandel ; Mr Clarke, California, ; Mr Williams, Mr Brooks Mi Edgar, Cambridge ; W. La Monto, Sydney ; Mr Rhode*, Miss Sw.ulnick, Mr Mooncy, Mr and Mm Cinsen, Waikato ; Mr U. Uibbons, I'neroa ; Mr Kilgar, Waikato ; Mr <<'. •!. Hum-, Dunetlin; Roy Mr Del'ow, R«v H.uir.iki I'anl, Waikato ; Rev W. U. Mftlu'iiny, Aucklmd,