The Denver Jewish news., 1919-06-25

doubtedly possesses that. She can as
it WERE break her ownsoul as the play.
or her part demands and like the myth
ical ghosts who can traverse vast dis
tances in periods of no time, so she can
alter herself and change to fundamen
tally different positions. without even
denying her own traits and her own
personality.
This is not true of the merely cla.;si.
cal tragedienne, for the latter cannot
altogether free herself from a certain
Journalism, to which by her very nature
she is committed and the world that
does not vibrate to the tune of rhyme
and meter must forever remain Il closed
world to her. The Journalism of classi-
cal tragedy imbues the tragcdienne with
sense of the solemnity and dignity OF
things. but makes her somewhat rigid
in her manner. This rigid manner is
one Of the characteristic features of
classical acting and is wholly oppos ed
to the elastic manner of medern realis-
tic acting. just as statics is opposed to
dynamics in the realm Of physics.
But Bertha Kalich can be both the
personification of meter i'm .he classical
tragedy and the whirlwind actress in
the modern drama because she can mas
ter the emotions and feelings of both
types of drama.
She can play with enviable mastery
MI the tunes of the human heurt-the
feminine human heart. She is in fact
q sliillf,u virtuOsO on the entire
gnmut of the human heart and human
emoiions-of gloom and joy. sadness
and delight depression an enthusiasm
vivid hope and unavailing or bitter lies
pair of mclodious song and moving la
mentation. She has them all. Every
vibration of life finds an echo in her
heart and nothing human IS strange to
her mind. Thus she is nor merely the
great actress but also the great woman
For 1t is true that Bertha Kalicli IL
not only versatile i'm her role as an
actress but also in life. As an artist
she is Interested both in times and col
ors as an artist she plays classical
tragedy and modern realism with the
same admirable ability. and as mod
ern woman she takes an interest. and
a live interest too. In all the phenOmt,la
and the movements in life about her.
Not only is she an amiablr hastess and
| Il fascinating c0nversati0balist In her
cllats with friends who belong TO Tie
various professions. but she can really
discuss comparative literature. theol-
ogy. international affairs. history. es-
thetics and economies and though She
may not have expert views on all of
thc,s. she is well informed on all she
spenks and her view is baSs,l both ON
her knowledge of the content of learned
books and in her own artistic and high
ly ethical personality.
These manifold Interests she takes In
the Intellectual manifestations of the
human mind and culture il of great use
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! edge of world literature. from the Greek
trage'lians and the Bible to the present
day drama and modern poetry. Wien
she stands before the footlfghts. she
can like any other great actress talk
on love and domestic matters in an in
innate and charming way hut she can
also talk on literature ana politics and
speak as if she meant it and Ms il she
were not reading lines, and this few
actresses of her caliber can do.
If ever the fate and the temperament
of an actress were Il match to one On
other, then Bertha Kalich's fate and
her PAST are Il thorough match to her
artistic temperament, Born Il Galician,
on the border line of Polish and German
civilization. she went. while but a girl
of seventeen to Roumania TO acquire
Latin culture and TO play Rouinnnitn