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...Holy Grail appears as the pivot of the play. It turns up in the dirty East Side nest of a gang of crooks. One crook steals it from another. Unfortunately for him the smarter swindler's girl who is deeply religious learns through her priest the identity of the vessel The conflict between them, falling slightly at a rather conventional climax, provides the drama...
Among the most interesting is a book of "Lyrical Poems", which is the first volume that has Tennyson's name on the title page. There is in addition a presentation copy of "The Princess" and one of "The Holy Grail and Other Poems", containing a page in the author's own hand-writing. A privately printed copy of "Becket" as Sir Henry Irving adapted it for acting is also on exhibition...
...first part of the selection, the Orchestra plays the music which comes in the regular opera as Parsifal marches up from the garden of the enchantress Kundry to the Hall of the Knights of the Grail. Then as the Knights sit down to their meal and the vessel of the Grail is uncovered, the Glee Club men on the stage begin the chorus of the Knights and are answered by the chorus of pages sung by the girls and men under the direction of Dr. Davison...
...presentation of the act begins with the "Transformation Scene", in which the scene changes from the garden of the enchantress to the Hall of the knights of the Holy Grail, this part is played by the orchestra. When this scene comes to an end, the chorus of the Knights and of the Pages begins in the famous "Holy Grail Scene". The part of the Knights will be sung by the members of the Glee Club, while the girls and men off stage will sing the chorus of the pages...
With the solos omitted, the length of the first act, even with the long purely orchestral work, will be greatly reduced and will last less than one hour. The work of the chorus consists of the singing by the knights and pages of the Holy Grail...