New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

bles. to act as his advance agent. Dressed
up in his uniform, the warrior called on
governors of provinces, obtained recosAl-
tion and gave to the high officials YER
sion of the much discussed play which was
not always as complete ard accurate ss
might have been. The features OF Chlrl-
koffs drama which made 1t unpopular WI"
the authorities were ceverly glossed over
and a permit was almost always lssueu"
In Sisfran, however, Things LOOK All usis
turn. Thugs in the employ OF Tue pi'oN
Hundreds lay in wait for OrleneH' ana ne
was murderously attacked Whiie on MS way
TO the theatre. A heavy fur cap ne was
wearing that night saved MS me- put the
deep scar that still shows across MS lore-
head is convincing proof that the Black
Hundreds were in earnest about H. Ihat
night they actually succeeded In prevent
ing the performance Of the Objectionable
play. Their sluggers were never molestcd
HIS TWO FAvoRITE PARTS.
TWO parts Orleneff delights in playing
arc oswald Alving in Ghosts" and Ras-
ko,niloff in "Crime and Punishment a
dramatization OF Dostoievsky's novel. The
ma iority of players represent oswald as a
q vounc Bvronian from the year 1850. They
burden his pale brow with all the woes oi
the world Orcnen sees in Oswald
strong. healthy young fellow with ne
viyaciousness and the capacity for ENJOY
ment characteristic of his age. His oS'
wald does not whine over the fate ~hlch
is TO overtake him. lie struggles against
: il and his moods express the revolt ol llle
and ambition against obstacles and prema-
ture blight rather than morbid introspec-
tion or the despair born of weakness.
OsyaId's pursuit Of Regina is frank ana
omen. a brutal courtsnip which in no way
reminds us of the elder AlvinG sneaky
dissinations We cannot help thinking that
this process of modcrnizaticn greatly i'm
, proves a play which could stand much edit-
ing and which. Judged i'm the light of mod
ern medical discoveries. is not as realistic
as sducamsh persons imagine II 10 he.
OrIeneff's other pet part is thet OF Rls-
kolnikoff. the poor student VINO dreams o.
becoming Napoleon chats what they
called the Superman before Nietszche) ana
kills an old pawnbroker TO rob her shop
lie soon finds out that he Is not or the
mettle Napolcons are made Of lie Is
neither hard enough nor abnormal enough
to live in peace after committing the crime
Intolerable pangs Of remorse make rim the
object of suspicious which would other
wise fasten upon some other person; for
there is hardly any possibility of the dis
trict attorneys tracing the deed to him
And thus he is driven to confessing his
crime by the normal and healthy feeling or
horror every human being experiences at
the thought OF shedding blood. He ilrst
confesses to a poor little woman of the
streets. Rather than be tortured any
longer by his guilty conscience. ne follows
her advice which is 20 give himself M 10
the police and to pay the penalty OF his
crime.
Actors and critics have generally CON
sidered Raskolnikoff as a mere degenerate,
They are wrong. says Orleneff weak
degenerate or hardened degenerate could
have stood the strain and escaped detec-
ton. 4 normal man like Raskolnikoh may
commit enc mistake. but he is soon after
driven through logical mental process TO
offer reparation for his error