Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — RURAL ACTORS ARE TALENTED [ARTICLE]

RURAL ACTORS ARE TALENTED

r Humble Thespians in Poland Depict Stories With Realism on the Stage. Warsaw, Poland.—There has been a surprising increase in the number of peasant theaters, which are making their appearance in every part of Poland. These institutions are run almost entirely by the peasants and are made to pay. Only pieces dealing with their own life are attempted and the result is most realistic, especially as the Pole has a strong dramatic instinct Any hall In a village does for a theater, as the scenery is of the most primitive kind. What carries conviction is the entirely natural way in which the actors and actresses play their parts. For the foreigner they give a far deeper insight into national Jife than all the pieces produced in the larger cities. The actors mostly* train themselves, choosing one of the cleverest men In the village to coach them, and they bring with them a whiff of the stable and the cowhouse, which other managers have tried to introduce into their plays. „