The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-03
THE STORY OF pARSIfAL



beautiful mystic drama ~ parslfal.
drew a large audience ~ the opera
house Saturday night No grander
spectacle. uo more sublime subject,
no greater Christian Lesson or more
Intense dramatic action, aud no more
beautiful story was ever embodied In
q play than ia Witnessed In Parsifal
As dramatic production It eclipscs
anything ever before presented 10
the theater gocrs OF Wasahachie The
play was advertised 10 begin az 7:A5.
but IL was O'Clock before the eur.
Tain went up for the first act II re-
quired about forty minutes for the
enactment OF each OF the four acts.
aud during this time there was not
an uninteresting moment As the
story was uufolded line by lire the
intense interest displayed by the au
diencc would find vent in generous
applause. The company is one OF
exceptional strength. and the scenic
Environments meet every demand Of
such an eNactinE play
Mr.. John Lane Common plays Par
sital with intelligence and power,
and Is very convincing in an his
scenes. All the parts are ser in pure
and limpid English, and the lines of
Mr. Conner are read with musical
rhythm that Is charming Mr.. Con-
nor has beautiful voice and at all
times he keeps 1t under perfect con-
troll, His Interpretation of Parsifal
showed that he had a thorough con
cepion Of the part. Mr.. Dvorak's
hilnschor is In many ways a most
commendable Characterization Of
difficult role. He reads his line with
rare taste, and in the incarnation
scene he fairly thrills the audience
with the apparent presence Of the
) supernatural. Mr.. Mckee is good as
Y Anfortas and so is Mr.. Murray as Sir
Gurnemauz. Miss Heating is a Kun
dry of great personal charm, and
adds to it capacity of acting that
makes the part one that actually com
mands. In the garden scene her Sc
ductive methods are most potent, and
would scarcely have been withstood
by one less determined than Parsi
fal.
The stage settings follow very
closely the Wagnerian traditions,
having been copied from the Baireuth
production. The lighting effects and
spectacular arrangements are perfect
in every detail
The story of ''Parsifal" is one of
intense interest. In the Castle OF
the Grail, secluded from the haunts
of men, two holy relics, the spear
and the cup, are guarded by a band
of heaven appointed knights. An
fortas, their king, trusting rather TO
physical than spiritual strength,
goes forth against Klinschor. a magi-
clan of evil repute, whose chief de-
sire is to encompass the downfall of
the Knights and the destruction of all
holy things The fall of Anfortas
comes through Kundry, half woman,
half witch, who under the spell of
Klinschor is transformed into a be-
ing of transcendent beauty: Klins-
Choir secures the sacred spear carried
by Anfortas and inflicts herewith an
incurable wound in the knights side,
which bleeds afresh with every cele-
bration of the holy rite.
Torn by physical weakness and the
pangs of remorse. Anfortas' condi-
ton became desperate, when, at
length in answer TO his supplica-
fions. "a celestial voice is heard prom
Using him relief. ParSifal appears on
the scene. q mere youth, ignorant OF
the ways of The world, yet nobly born.
KinsChor fears that he may prove to
bee the redeemer to heal Auturtas
wound and prepares for him Sn5rrS
1f "a most seductive kind, beautiful
gardens. maideus of woHdTOu~ charm
and Kuudry herself transformed hy
magical means into AN enchanting
nymph who t"mpts Parsital. not hF
sensual means alone hut hE lutiu-
-nce- which traverse fhs whole scale
uf human emotion