Word: oberammergauers
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...famed Passion Play of Oberammergau, Germany, is apparently acceptable to Adolf Hitler, but has been postponed this year on account of the war. Considered the most important of the Passion Plays, it was first produced in 1634. But in 1932 a troupe of Passion Players emigrated to the U. S. from Lünen, Germany, where they claimed their play had been given ever since 1242. One of them was Josef Meier, seventh-generation Passion Player. He had their drama translated into "American." with a reorganized troupe began acting it in various U. S. towns, and looking for a permanent...
...applause for a solemn moment after the final curtain. Then it was loud and long, while many people swarmed backstage to stare at Meier. This solid urban success of the Black Hills Players made it appear that in Spearfish, S. D., the U. S. may have acquired its own Oberammergau...
With many of its principal actors fighting in France, the Oberammergau Passion Play (given once a decade) was canceled for the third time* since its inauguration in 1634. Not yet drafted was its Christus, long-haired, bearded Woodcarver Alois Lang, 49, too old for active service...
Dominic Mussolini, 57, unemployed steel worker, second cousin of the Italian dictator, with whom he used to play as a child, became a U. S. citizen in Warren, Ohio. Anton Lang Jr., professor of German at Georgetown University, son of the late Cristus of the Oberammergau Passion Play, filed a petition for U. S. citizenship in Washington...
...months prior to the opening, more than 100 actors, including such local celebrities as Octogenarian Ella H. Goodrich, who does Whistler's Mother, and ebony-skinned Janitor Felix Nelson (Vedder's The African Sentinel), rehearse their tableaux as religiously as any Oberammergau Passion Player. This year, with the Assistance League of nearby Santa Ana offering $200 in art prizes, and the buildup of the local Chamber of Commerce corralling 1,500 spectators into every performance, The Festival of Arts at last got on a paying basis. Jubilant Director Ropp hoped to net $4,000, looked forward...