Word: jedermann
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...hearing strange Germanic noises issuing from the sinister bowels of the building, would probably have felt perfectly justified in calling either the police or Alfred Hitchcock. The goings-on, however, although unusual, were quite harmless, being only rehearsals for the Museum's impending performances of Hoffmannsthal's "Jedermann...
...Feber du Fauer, who is an authority on Hoffmannsthal and has directed the play several times in Europe, is director and chief actor, playing Jedermann with an exuberant gusto that fits the part perfectly. From among the students, Roman as "Tod," and Reynolds as the "Teufel" turn in outstanding performances. The cast comprises professionals and amateurs of all ages and both sexes, and every part down to the lowliest "Hausknecht" is surprisingly well played. Admission is free, and there are still some tickets for the Saturday night performance to be had at the Museum office...
...unique performance scheduled for this Friday and Saturday the Germanic Museum will present Huge von Hofmannstahl's play "Jedermann", which used to be given annually, under such eminent directors as Reinhardt, in front of the Salzburg Cathedral in Germany...
...charge of the elaborate costuming, while a medieval Baroque organ, the only one of its type at College, will be played by Judson Rand, Jr., organist of Christ Church. Rand will also lead the choir in the special music which he has written to accompany the two performances of "Jedermann...
...personnel had changed much. In the place of the absent Toscanini reigned Germany's No. 1 conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler. Notably absent from the roster were such famous operatic names as Lotte Lehmann, Kerstin Thorborg, Rosa Pauly. In place of the grandiose stage productions of Faust and Jedermann, two new dramatic productions were scheduled: Goethe's Egmont and Amphitryon, a play by Germany's 19th-Century, romantic Playwright Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist...