The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
MAKING A PASSION PLAY.
Achievements Of the Oberammergauers and
Thei Rewards.


osAHAhAhhoAu' 'uhs ~. ~hoS @n yeals
ahd q thousand men. women ana chiioren
'" make the PASSION ray a quarter Oh :
mnhon 'iS''ofs oonio nero e'u h'.o
81 peUp'o VINO oa"no' oom- ae ~
:" M .m' oe'auo' "".' o"n " i"s'
Z poor iehow from ue cnoiera-smit'en oue
rluo "oiru n""seu " ,n.o Up w. ooo'@
smmersau pelore me- 700. oied OF inc plague
fisnty-iour OF inc vnla3erS a9o uieu Do
Tore 'he mhaoi,ah's ianly khe" "ha' was
tne ma.uer' ana Vheh "o ooeraiinersauers
vowed that II heaven woWd denver neh
rom inc pssue 'hey "ouu sho" uen srau-
tuoe ny performing eVery Ven years' 'he mys-
~'y oi 'no suiolihss ahu ooa.no '"n Inns
vow they nave Kept a. iaithiuny - tney nAve
oeen perm'teea 70 ano mere appSais no" '"
De no rear mat they VIII ever aoA'ooh H.
Inc fassion f'ay is'ne supreme iac' IN cn'
me OF tne'e Vllasers' In america us popu-
larry supposed that every mo.her sees a ru-
ulre PRESIDENT IN nor BOY In operamrnersau
she mas another dream she secretly yearns
Ior MN 70 grow up ana DC the o"rstu' IN INC
PASSION ray. nuns mesnume' wnhe ne Is
GROWING up she mas oeh-yearly amoilohs
Tor him. ranging nm the role OF inc lhraht
son OF Adam ana Eve 70 that OF John' the BE-
loved Disciple, Inc present. importance OF
the PASSION Pay" began with 1850; since that
date 'hcludlng the Chr's'us OF that year ana
Of this, there have been only four interpreters
NJ tina ro,e II IA svident therefora that tina
-
ooerammersau peop'e must learn T" Dear
disappointment
The selection Of the oast OF the plav is thu
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sreateSt e'eht vi thehiho years WHICH separate
the Passion PLAY" seasons. Two years before
the play ia tn be given the voting burglars
80 .n
oeclue the aueSuoh whether OF not the play.
shall be produced. This a purely perfume
tory nroceedins hoxever mo" from any,
,'N"'nI ~" I
pouy "ouu prooao'y orahu nm AZ u uah-
gerous lunatic. The play once formally de-
c,ded unon tina town anneals m the C.o,,ern-
nen'ior Tue heoess"ry permlsS'on ana prooeeds
b choose the all-important Passion Play" Com
mi,tee. This COMMITTEES. composed Of the
IL. -, .IH... -
'mAS' 'ouhon' '"o PARISH p'"'' IL " olher
citizens. has charge Of the entire production
Of the play. beQinning with the al-imuortant
.n,.,,,on -, ~. o.s, m. ,,o~on, ...I-L
o"0'e"n WIG N"'' ID" p''''" PaiiNh
priest describes this event with rather more
honesty than some other writer's show.
.rh. au-ia.,,, 81 ru.,,..aa
ihe ourlos''s anu iIhpa'etce Oh some OF
the people, he says, can hardly await the
s~lection. But on this. perhaps the most inn
-, a.vo, oharamnr..' 49, ".
pof'~h' os'o NORTHUMBERLAND .he sun ~ iast
dRwns. For 1900 this happened late enough,
IN tina aist Deoember 1904 Time WA nrsssing
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KY ssen ane W. 10 81 !, ui1se Nh9
nau reason 10 ieSI ,he ipSs oi ,he Iarts lhey had
neiu' hi.gi q ies..'ai 1870 ih tne parlsh
unuion aiu a pLa'et ioI nous BLESSING 70 rest
upon unet Woia lmn Ia9Ston .on,nllltee re-
turned 10 the toMh nan anu began al once with
q pIlNuie eAptiuilen,hi efotoh I'M. doe,
NOT Dlhu any one 70 aly tnIhs, Dut Is intended
70 throw nent on lnulNLuuhi op'ntnhs ana de-
slres. Experlen,e teaches that though these
preliminary elections take place Only 10 gam
Information tney 1tlll "9rk delhltely. Every
one brings WIN mn, a decided opinion and II
often takes a good deal oil time and discussion