Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-17 | Page 19 | Flaunted Custom, Turkish Actress is Now a Success

Flaunted Custom Turkish Actress Is s Now ow a Success CO CONSTANTINOPLE March 1 The AP-The leading ladY ot of the Turkish stage Madame Bedla Bedia Iou Mou- vahid has a a. double right to the I title Her courageous and hazardous ous determination determination de- de termination to appear on a a. Smyrna stage three years ago in a profession protes- protes slon sion hitherto absolutely forbidden Moslem wom women n. n has caused scores ot of TUrkish women to follow tollow her lead so that Greek and Armenian actresses who formerly had the thel field l ld to themselves are now almost entirely replaced by Moslems Madame ladame Dedla's Bedias first adventurous gesture was h her r marriage In the thelast last days of the sultanate with a 11 TurkIsh actor against the orders of her aristocratic family who disowned her A At t that time It was Impossible to realize her ambition ot of going on the stage herself herselt her her- self but Immediately toll following owing the dissolution of the sultanate she gave e her first performance in Smyrna playing opposite her hus- hus band In the tho middle ot of this hIstoric performance the theatre was raided by police Madame lad m Be Bedia fled from the stage Eluding the police by hiding In the wings s she returned to her role after they left The new new government smiled upon her venture forbade further police interference and while fanatical Moslems are still shocked theatregoers are overjoyed to listen to a a. heroine who speaks real Turkish Instead of the jargon of Greeks and Armenians II r troupe now includes ten Turkish women Modern European In costume from her modish hat to her Parisian heels Madame Bedla still retains both oft off the stage app on the dignity dignity dig dig- and alt ot of seclusion which the new Turkish women n ha have preserved from the wreck ot of he be old regime i i 4 I Ir r f fi fy i fi i y r r q xYr I Bedia trained Self as there are no schools ot of acting In Turkey her performance perform perform- ance and that ot of her troupe Is crude according to Western estern standards but buther her het success with native audiences la is triumphal