The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-07-09

no entrance tickets can be obtained
outside Of e5efammergau. nor can the.
he sold fOF > higher price than THAI
printed on them The prices VAR
from ten marks down TO ta0 marks
was really fortunate ii securing ons
q ne best seats ii block ! a the lefi
Of the middle aisle ana almost IL the
center d the hail.
On the day Of the performance eF-
erybody seemed % be w early AT
nalf past five and six O'Clock the
streets were animated by the beyies oi
Christians who went their way to at
tend the six o'clock high mass ID a
church altogether too small 10 hold
me crowd Of worshipDera and also,
worthy Of remark. BY the long pro
cession Of light brown milk COWS, each
with thinking bell suspended from
her neck, each leaving their respective
stables as the bunch passed, marched
sedateIy TO their nappy grazing
grounds ~ the verdant valley of the
Ammer.
After the Sunday morning service
and the usual light breakfast, TO which
one becomes gradually accustomed
after short stay on the continent,
everybody walked to the theatre. Il
stands III meadow at the northern
end of The village not very far from
the railway station. This theatre was
erected ten years ago at a cotA Of two
hundred thousand marks and It's cosi
was entirely defrayed BY the receipts
of the performances Of 1900 The
seats are all covered by the overspan-
ming arches Shilst the stage remains
open % wind and weather and leaves
visible 70 the right ali alpine land
scape that reminds one 81 the back
ground Of a painting BY an artist oi
the Umhria school
IN order to give an exact idea Of the
dramatic performance itself it would
be necessary to add many pages to
this letter and then would have to re
peat descriptions and accounts, which
this year have been published III ali
the leading newspapers and maga.
zines Of lae world. Hence wish sim,
ply to state that Of all the remarkable
sights seen during ms present travel n
Europe, Asia and Africa, this Passion
Play viii remain the most impressive
and the most worthy Of remembrance.
The drama lasted from eight to
twelve O'Clock In the morning and
from two to six O'Clock in the after
noon. During those eight hours, from
the solemn entry into Jerusalem 10
the final tableau Of the ascension, the
attention Of the four thousand specta
tors WAS sustained by continual sue
cession Of choruses and tableaux ex
planatory and figuraiiye Of the great
acts In the drama Of our Lords passion
Each actor Interpreted his or her part |
with the skill OF all artist, playing not
for wages but for the love OF the ful |
llment Of thcil ancestral vow. with |
an earnestness a naturalness and
grace beyond description. The mo |
0gues were spoken in such clear, sii |
very, artlculated tones that not only |
lie syllables but even the very letters
u each German word could be dis
'erned IN the rythmic phrases, that
Ike ripping waves, reached In regular
'adence 10 the end Of the hall | never
leard such an elegant and distinct
Ielivery in any other language in
lall OF such large proportions The
'horuses were in keeping with the
Ereat drama. They were formed by
hirry-three stalwart men and women,
n variegated cloaks. standing in a
emi-circle on the procesnium pouring |
orth In sorrowful warning their dole
ul songs foreboding some tragic event
n the passion Of our Lord. Whilst the
inging continues the curtain Of the
ear theatre is raised to display a
ableaux representing generally an
vent Of the Old Testament emble-
natic and igurative Of correspond.
ug event Of the New Testament. Dur
ng the five minutes that the curtain
5 lifted not motion is made by any
Il the figuranis which sometimes mum.
'er some four hundred persons Look.
ng through my opera glasses was
ot able TO discover even the altera-
ion Of an expression on the faces. nor
ven the qu!vering Of an eyelid. al
hough some OF the fgurants were ex-
osed to the glaring sun rays. Then
Dr the principal characters OF Jesus
hrlst, John, Peter Judas. PLATE.
aIaphas, Nathaniel Annas, Mary and
larry Magdalen, they are impersonated
" local artists like all the other ac-l