Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-21 | Page 10 | Why Blanche Walsh Entered Vaudeville

WHY BLANCHE WALSH ENTERED VAUDEVILLE wil xm Ik 1H EltJ3!i:- 'iff The opportunities for emotional acting today are infinitesimal in comparison with the timo ivhon tho plays of Sardou, Dumas and Racine wero enjoying their createst vogue. Probably for this reason the contemporary con-temporary drama has produced very few worthy emotional actresses. Blancho Walsh, upon whose shoulders descended the cloak of tho late Fanny Davenport, undoubtedly enjoys the distinction dis-tinction of bclns tho foremost American emotional actress. Miss Walsh, after' putting aside tho roles of "La Tosca," "Glsmonda," "Fedora" and "Cleopatra," succeeded In keeping' the vlrllo drama In the fore through tho medium of Tolstoi's "Tho Resurrection," Fltch'H "A "Woman in the Case," and three other vehicles, "Tho Kreutzor Sonata," "The Straight Rond" and "Tho Test" When It became impossible to secure vohicles containing sufficient red blood to be worthy of Miss Walsh's ability, the capable actress turned to vaudevillo as an outlet for her splendid talent. Last year she gave vaudeville patrons and the Orphcum circuit generally, with tho exception ex-ception of Salt Lake and some of the smaller cities, a splendid character creation crea-tion as a Sioux Indian girl in "The Thunder Thun-der of the Gods." This year sho Is playing play-ing an intensely dramatic playlet callod "Tho Countess Nadlne," written especially for her bv Joseph Golden. Tho title role affords Miss Walsh this week at tho Orphcum Or-phcum the opportunities she invariably Insists In-sists upon, and it Is doubtful if anything she has played before is bettor suited to her. Her supporting company Includes the names of several well-known players. Including Sidney 331alr, Theodoro Babcock and William Travcrs, who incidentally is Miss Walsh's husband.