The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
PASSION PLAY
FOR FRANCE
Four IriuntireH panpis T7atss Part a
Nancy in sSsriniis Competition
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Thy Henry Wpud, TnitHd Press Staff
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[IBy Henry TVpud, United isress Starf
Correspondent
FeARIS Aug la (0by MALL .-After
having nun over one on Germany in
ttht, matter tUf war, France has inst
decided 10 pm over another ONE with
u French i1bef -Ammers,an
This lis the latest Development Cnf
F'ranan-E4srmln postswGr Gnnlpatitinn.
Repnrts from the Bavgrian Passion
Play center Indicate THAT the lObef-
Ammargau actors and ACTRESSES COR
cider FRANCE lis taking an unfair att
wErt8.e OF them
The Passion Play AT lOber-&mmar-
lsau which is given every ten geilrs,
would ordinarily have taken piacs
this wear. Owing I'D the tact, how
ever, itha+ the 1iBva1'ian nnpuiarlDn
can't sGare lIp enough food I'D reed
themselves, 10 SHY nothing OF Teadina
the hundreds lnf thousands nt HisiTnrs
who flock there every ten VENTS lrni
the SACRED drama, this wears prassn-
itaIinn mad 10 he Hallad off for tthe
first time since the inauguration Di
this drama
With food % Titfle more plentiful IN
France, the Iinttec has undertaken tD
sss no 1T THAT the world won't surfer
from lack of o Passion Play DaGsllss
of the German fond shortage. lncS-
GtisntaIty, Trance hopes TO give her
Passsion PLAY such q sendoff this Taar
ttEsuf lbers;Lfter she will be q SERIOUS
g,prrpatitor OF fhe ODer-Ammsrgau
show.
FRANCES Passion Play, which WIZ;
founded In dgp4 but which had to lie
.sr.spandsd during the wEr, has JUST
,,es;umnd business al Ills Original
s;rApd at Nancy under Remarkably Ell
,prIraEtne and impressive GtrcuTr-
stances.
The Nancy Passion WIS founded
by the Mansisn0r Petit, dean of the
{fioce,se. End he lis still in charge,
Like the Obsr-ATulInarsau piAT, II Is
given every Sunday and const1Drfes
I'M entire dHT's performance.
The play opens at g in the morning
and sawe far Ri hour and q half Al
noon for lunch, continues Till 5 in the
evening
The cast is made G-p of 400 act0rs
and ntstresses, Rll drawn from the
r,e,asarf and worErneu?s classes OF
Nancy and vicinity
ItuIlLls ILtS ~ I'll l4A<A4AS VA 4-4NS
nal members of THE cast were RELIED
yr wounded, while the IhaaIsr in
which the Passion Play is given WIS
badly damaged by q nonb from an
ai1plane purposely, the Nancy
Players believe, by their rivals ACROSS
the Rh1ns,
The IhsaTar, however, has now been
fully -sspAtr-st and the luAst fIIled on.
with new members TINT are Declared
To be worthy of the original ONES
killed during the war.
Arnssr,tcAn and English tourists who
have this wear visited tha Nancy Pas
sion in place OF TIRE usual one III
0hsr-Arnrpergau are Ip0st fn1husIas-
rir in their praises and declare 3t 10
bs q worthy rival from every point OF
risw-stase setting, music, TahisauE
ACTING and sincerity and piousnsss ot
production,
Dean Petit hAs CsBotsd practically
ms entire time since 1900 To the psi
ft.s.tjun Of the play and the training
of his fiis 1roup of 400 people
MANY of the hig BR!hlsalx Rrs de-
clared TO be OF the highest aIT1sac
presentation.
The T,agpIs Of Nancy have every IN
fs-Itfun OF making their Passion q
permanent tr.sI1utinn and of sharing
in the future the worldwide fame and
,ryrg!lsrirv Of the RgTA7iAn II1'assnta