Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-12

thirty pieces of silver at the feet Of The
members of the council and In agony OF
conscience hangs himself
Act 11-Christ before PLATE.
Tableau-Daniel, accused of impiety by
the princes before King Darius, con.
! demned and cast into the lions dea.
! northumberland is led TO Plate. &C
! cused by the priests, declared innocent
and sent to Herod.
Act 12-Jesus at the court Of Herod.
| TableauX - Samson. brought to make
| sport before the princes of the Phlistines,
| pulls down the temple upon them.
| Fulhllment-Christ, after being Knocked
| by the soldiers of Herod, Is sent back to
Plate.
Act 13-The scourging at the pillar and
browning with thorns.
TableauX-(a) The blood besprinkled coat
Of Joseph is brought to Jacob.
| CO. Abraham on Mount Moriah sees a
ram entangled In thorn bush.
Fulfllment-Christ is led again to PLATE.
! The latters attempt to save the innocent
| falls, and he orders the Saviour to be
scourged
| Act 14-Jesus condemned to be nailed to
the cross.
| Tableaux-(a) Joseph Is presented to the
people their ruler.
(b) The scapegoat set free to wander in
the wilderness.
| Fulflment-Pilate presents the scourged
and thorn crowned Christ to the people.
At their demand he frees Barabbas and
while washing his hands delivers Christ
to the rabble to be put to death.
PART III.
Act 15-The sad journey to Calvary
TableauX--(D Isaac carrying wood for
tho sacrifice.
| (b) Moses lifts up the brazen serpent in
tho wilderness.
Fulfllmcnt-Christ. carrying the cross.
Is led to Golgotha. Simon of Cyrene Is
compelled by the soldiers to assist Christ
In bearing his heavy weight Our Lord
falls three times. The women Of Jeru-
salem weep over Jesus. Christ meets his
heartbroken mother
Act 1G-Calvary.
No tabeau. but u prologue by the men,
bers of the chorus, who now wear black
garments over their white TUNES.
The Scene y Jesus Is fastened to the
cross. which Is raised. The seven last
words. The arrangements made by the
Jews to watch the grave. The taking
down from the cross. The burial Of the
body Of Jesus.
Act 1.-THE resurrection.
Act 1S-The ascension and benediction of
Christ.
| The closing tableau represents the vic
torious entrance Of Christ into heaven.
The choir bursts into triumphant an
| them.
In Preparatory Three Years.
For three years the peasants Of Ober-
ammergau have been preparing for
this summers work. They look upon
the play as religious rite, and none is
allowed to take part whose life has
not been without reprOach. The three
years preceding the performances are
looked upon as period Of cOnsecra
ton.
The selection Of the peasants to en-
act the various roles is made on Dec.
6, the celebration of the feast of st.
Nicholas. No higher honor does life
hold for these peasants than to be
chosen to enact the role of the ChriStus
or the Virgin Mary The role of Judas.
which offers the finest acting oppor
tunities in the whole play, is always
source of the deepest grief to the per
son chosen for the part. 1t is accept
ed, however. with the spirit that the
actor will endeavor to make the scene
of remorsc so poignant that 1t will be
a never to be forgotten object lesson
to all who see it, The profits of the
play are divided into four parts, the
!
to defraying the expenses of the play,
the third for the hospital, the school
of design and other institutions of the
village; the fourth is as an honorari-
UNI for the actors. A small surplus is
also put aside for equal distribution
among the villagers, so that all may
share in the financial benefits Of the
celebration.
That the actors have not been over
paid in the past is shown by the fact
that Joseph Mayer. who was the
Christus in 1870, received only 500
and in 1850 only $3.50. while Gregor
| LechnOr, whose Judas was the master
piece at both performances, had only
$50. Undoubtedly the actors will re-
ceive vastly more than these sums this
year. And then, too, there will be
thousands of dollars left in the town
by tourists who will wish to stay there
for several days to study the life Of
the peasants and to make the journey
up the mountain Kopfel, Familiarity
termed Christus Kopf, or Christ
Head. The peasants go up this noun
tain the day after the performance
as pilgrims to touch the picturesque
cross perched on the topmost point.
There is belief among the natives
that if this cross falls it will be a
visible symbol that the Passion drama
shall be discontinued
A New Madonna.
Necessarily ten years bring about
many changes in the dramatis per-
sonae. Those who witnessed the Pas
sion play in 1900 will recognize this
year only three "holdovers," Johann
Swink, Judas. whose daughter. Otelia.
is to be the new Madonna; Anton
Lang, Christus, who with his wife.
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