The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-25
COLUMBIA.
Blanche Walsh and an Excellent Com
panv Present aResuIEection.s

panY Present Resurrection
Blanche Walsh made her appearance
al the Columbia Theater last night IN
BataiIIe and AIort0n's dramatizauiou OF
TOlstOy's sOmber story, Resurrection"
She faced an audience which apparently
had made up its mind 10 consider Sc
riously and thoughtfully the grave prob
lem presented by the great Russian au-
thOr-the utte- degradation Of a young
girl ruined by the man she loved and
her gradual redemption through the eI-
forts OF the very man who had caused
her downfall.
TOlstoy draws characters and situa-
tiOns with a heavy brush. His lines are
all broad and set IN the most glaring
light. With him a spades a spade. No
th0uEht.gf compromise in the expression
OF ideas ever occurs 10 him. A psyche
logical FlFlseCLOulst OF the most pro-
nOunCed school, he lays bare his subject
with unsparing and IMPLYING hand
Hluselr tu his youth Il prolific sUWeF OF
wild oats, ne mercilessly fagellates the
vices 10 Whlcu the class ne belonged 10
are prone. While IL must always be
kept in mind that TOlstoy deals almost
exclusively with social and political
conditions OF purely Russian type, the
treatment OF the social questions he pro-
poses applies with equal force % other
communities.
In Resurrection" especially. he holds
up IN It's most revolving form the social
evil and does not faa 10 point out
some Of the sources that contribute TO
OF the story the other sociological ques-
uous with which TJlstOy deals are
touched simply IN passing and the wo-
man IS put i'm the foreground and kent
there The crucial periods Of Katusha
AasloVa's career are emphasized Her
descent from purity 20 Vileness: then the
awakening OF her soul, and, finally its
resurrection from the cerements OF sin
are shown with graphic skill And a
companion picture always IS the trans
formation wrought ia the character Of
Prince NekhludOn, her lover, her be-
trayer, her good genius al last
Blanche Walsh realizes in every par
tlcular Iolstoy's Katusha MasIOva.
With startling effectiveness she nor
trays the horrible degradation OF the
'temmes due pave with equally APP
pealing skill she shows the struE-
gle toward q better life and al last
the siorincauou OF her inner self by her
reuuuciatiou Of the purest love she has
ever felt Ia order that she may devote
herself 10 the alienation OF the lot Of
those In company with whom she has
been transported TO Siberia Miss Walsh
gives an lmpeTsODaEiOu that derives its
force from the simplicity Of her method.
and from that art which couceals art
The transition from one phase 10 the
other or her Characterization Is so ex-
IRENE v artistic as 10 surprise one by its
paid her than simply to record the fact
that her audience actually lived. and
was in sympathy with her through all
the scenes from beginning 10 end
Prince DmlJri Ivanovitch Nekhludon-
the mzU VINO so powerfully sWays the
W0mau's life. both for evil ana good.
was ably portrayed Dy Alexander Won
1itZeu. "a stranger 10 Washington au-
oleuces- but VINO last night made "a most
iaFora bic Impression. In less competent
hands the part would have been far less
apt 10 arouse the seuslbilitiea OF an au-
dleuce but Mr. Won MiIZeu attracted
them an once and held them 20 the last.
All the minor parts were caUaDiy filled.
bur special mention must be made OF
Helen Ware, weli known iu Washington,
who as Princess Marie did Il most effec-
tive piece OF acting in the second acI