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The Ober-Ammergau Passion Play; With Some Introductory Remarks on the Origin and Development of Miracle Plays

The Ober-Ammergau Passion Play; With Some Introductory Remarks on the Origin and Development of Miracle Plays


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Introductory Scene. THE choryphaeus announces the opening of the drama, and immediately after the chorus sing, Prostrate yourselves in holy awe, generation bowed down by the curse of God, etc. While singing the two last verses the chorus separate in the middle, fall back to the right and left, and by doing so allow the spectators a full view of the middle theatre. The curtain rises, and discloses two pictures, Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise on the one side; on the other, Abraham going to offer up Isaac, who is lying bound on the altar. In the background is a ram in a thicket. During the exhibition of this tableau the chorus sing, Behold, as Isaac once, yonder on Moriah, so will the beloved Son Himself fall in Golgotha, as a great sacrifice to God to pay the sinner's debt. The curtain falls. The chorus, reassuming their former position, sing on, Merciful God, Thou givest Thy only begotten Son unto death, to ransom sinners, who shamefully despised Thy commandments, and to take the curse from them. The curtain rises again. In the misty background is seen a high cross, and praying figures before it. The chorus are silent, and sink upon their knees; meanwhile children's voices (behind the scenes) are heard singing the following: ? Eternal One! listen to the stammering voices of Thy children. F.or a child can only stammer, etc. This sung, the chorus part, and retire to right and left behind the scenes. Such is the introductory scene. First Scene. The chorus have scarcely left the front of the stage when the distant cry of Hosannah! is heard, joyously heralding the Saviour. The cur- tain rises. The middle stage, in its whole length, is open to view, so that the sunny mountain landscape behind forms the background. Children carrying b...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217097093
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 18
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 021709709X
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 54 gr


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