The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-14
BY ZAYDA GLOVER.

10y IA 4 LA eiNyk
New York. Sept. s-Bertha Ka,ich.
one OF the rare geniuses of the stage
who think along broad lines. has
evolved a new idea She will try il out
on her forthcoming tour of the country
with her production of The Riddle:
Woman The plan aims az the
training of the young actors ana
actresses in her company me SChS'n9
is not only uique in theatrical history
but If the experiment IS "a success II
will commend Itself Tor general aaop~
ton by those InanaStrs WH"- nv
Madame kailch, nave peen scar tl i
for solution for The eVer-peFpieAl'e
repertoire problem
I Herself product OF the continent
] nj stage, with a teGhnlq42 leaEte4 III
/ the leading repertoire 'he"'eFS 81 . US Us
( tria- Hungary and her own native TO
land, Nine ka1ieh has always been A
firm advocate Of that form OF framing
+ as the best and only thorough framing
for he t4rSs ga tFa-t he re p&rlh3re 1hH
atar. and there alone, can the young
actor of talent find adequate opp"t 'uil
+ ity for his best development. me mat
Ter. according to the star OF NFne ft4h-
ale: woman Is not open To argument,
There might be developed hletnou
equally good NINE ha'ion 'VitSJ.t
/ there might even he better methpa,
/ hut thus far nobody mas aiseoFete'
any substitute for the nara. nerve
racking highly intensive training &c
cruing, as it were automatically. from
the forced necessity of reheafsihg ana
( performing a new production eaSh
successive week
! A Thing Of the Past.
! But the repertoire theater. insofar
rs concerns America, IS. accofalnS 10
Nine kalich. thihg or tne past
/ Save for few isolated exam pres hoe-
q bly, those Of the Summer STOCK com
panies operating In our sfiia41et VI p'u
communities. the repertoire 'he"'ei -
morlbund
] The reperto DIRE theater cannot be
restored declares Nine Kalich. be-
cause the need for such an institution
NJ longer exists. The standards Of pub
,c taste due to the progress of gem
i eral education and culture. have be
come SO high that ii il only the unso-
hhistitated aVdierce THAI y saS}Sn@ef
TO-DAY with the necessarily inadequate
I productions OF the repertoire. theatert
{ Iror that institution, while it was an
excellent training school for players.
! left. al the best. much to be desired by
the discriminating. And with good
reason
! Naturally no company tfAlt. WIN SNA
! DAVIS rehearsal give such good per
/ formanee Of any given Piece as that
came comnanv could render after four
10 stx weeks Of tho intensive and ex-
inaustive training now in vogue under
mo modern system. Ergo the best of
raDertoire companies today must
make a moor showing indeed against
,he average production of the regular
theater.
p..,,,ic r,emapas the Pest.
p,,uthar,,,o~e ,barks 10 the infinite
..,,,ttt,,itrsfin1 of ,heaters in our large
oi,ins ard inc highly organized gvs-
a,o.,ihutinr nerfected nv The
II, ,t4,,a.-,, x, which the finest and
80 a,ronoiitan nro1uctiona are
;n,.ct =, ,bn ,,os, remote CEN
: -" - ,onu1atfon--the nubiie de-
80 ~ tns, ana orovyiny ever
49, a,ssoti,,r IN It's +ae+sS cannot and
LIN, s,,Snort arvthinr hut the
.,,ara,,rb,,. 0nishea and carefully pro-
! s',,a a.tr.rtior
70. - W. reed for the rener-
- .,,a,tar aor GO nae ceased 10
soiit irs,t,utior for nnhlic en-.
800 $50, as an ~ nnea If q as train
w., rn,,,s eor vo,,pr n,avers has in
l's - ,ho,,sspafold win its
y. a,-.irn+io,> drsm.tic art
nroh,ar, Enr 4, the
80 a,, g.. ranar,n,ra .ha.
go we ~, ~ rer.in 10 ne how vii, Il
~ far tha r;s;nc generation
pars e,,t Tho en,,ivaient ~ its
VI " e.. tsto