The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
Montgomery Theatre.

Thursday Evening, Blanche Walsh .n ssrhe Woman in the Case"
 Friday Evenings "simDle simon sim- pIe.v
 nnPk alI week.
 A CIvde Fitch comedy-dram and a musical -extravaganza are the offerings for Montgomery theatregoers this week.
 Two performances. after week full q frood amusements Is rather meagre for the theatrical palate, but the local pIayhouses have been setting a pretty Snace for our purses. The bills last week were all good. The surprise of the week, perhaps. was the meritorious production of Dorothy Vernon of Had don Hall" Miss Burt and Mir. Stanford had never played here before and the business indicated that theatregoers yiawed them askance. Thy made good. however. The capricious Dorothy is & complex character and Miss Burt gave a vivid delineation.
 We have come to regard Blanche Walsh as one of the exceptionally Knowing women of the State. What Aver she does is done we'll Montgomery has never seen her in The Woman In the Case" despite the fact that 1t IS now in its third season. While the tell ing of the story and its setting is a trifie risky, Miss Walsh Is too much of the artist to allow 1t to sink below the level of art The play started New York to talking and Montgomery VIII no doubt take a lively interest in It.
 In Simple simon Simple" Nixon and Zimmerman are said to have reached the limit of musical melange and girl ish foolishness. The entertalnment ls of the efTervescent kind. The piece has made .a great hit in other cities Mshs waIsh In ssThe WCman fin the
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 Blanche Walsh.l whose splendid work fin Resurrection" and the Sardou dramas, have placed her in the fore most ranks of great actresses will pc seen at the Montgomery Theatre, Thursday evening in Clyde Fitch's most successful play, "The Woman in the Case" which was the dramatic sensa- fion of an entire season In New York.
 That Mir Fitch should have been se- lected to write a play for Blanche Walsh, whose chief distinction lies In her ability to depict the most intense emotions seems strange at firsts and vet the explanaton offered by her man agers shows that there was an excel lent reason for such radical change from the style of plays in which their star has been seen.
 For several years Blanche Walsh has been before the footlights in a se- rieS Of 2rueSOm6 diLuVuBH POWOAA NA problem plays. It is true that in this field she has won. great personal tri- umph. but her managers, Messrs WaB- enfials and Kemper. did not wish the impression to prevail that she was tied 10 this department of the drama, and' moreover, they did not wish 1t to be forgotten that youth and beauty were among Miss Walsh's most valuable as- sets. Miss Walsh herself thought that d drama which though fOrceful would at fine sam etime provide entertainment was the article to seek.
 Tn such a direction no dramatist oI .lxnovn ability could furnish a sharper nontrast 10. ''Resurrection" and similar {, 1Isvs in which she has recently been annearing than could Clyde Fltcn. FoI +his reason he was commissioned to nrovide her with play and the result was .The Woman in the Case, the DIE pest popular success the New fork sta % has known in several seasons
 Wr Fitch was asked to place the act ,on of his play where he Is most at bcrna. in New York city. It was also st,n,lated that Miss Walsh was to pc s,ra,,tded with a role that would per Datt her 10 wear a series of beautiful gowns. Both of these condltlons we.s , s carried out and the result IS m mVlVlo nicture of New York, with a strong Contrast furnished by sllmpses or bo-
 Misss Walsh has surrounded herseiI a,itb A company of prayers sucn as ls rarely seen outside of Broadway pro- huctions l hF