A POORLY-PAID STAR.
.The; actors in I the regent Passion splay at Oberammergauj in-. varia, which came toa close on Sept. 37 Lave gone to r ltaly to take awell-earned holiday after their labors. ■ During this time the scenery and properties, will be put in repair for future use. They include the whale that swallowed. Jonah, the sword of Judith, the trumpets of Jericho, the throne of Herod,- the Homan lictors’.fascjes, Jacob’s pastoral staff, and the. seven-branched ■ candle- 1 stick. , .Forty* ■ representations of 'the sacred drama ■ were j igiven 'which' pro- 1 duced the sum of- £IOO,OOO, applied as follows v— One-fourth to the erection of the theatre.andespenses of representation ; one-fourth ' to the actors ; onefourth to z the landed proprietors of Oberammergau; and the . remaining fourth jto .the public schools. of the. dis" trict. Joseph Mayr, who impersonated
Christ, received £3O as.his share; that is, not £1 a night. ’ Tlid number of spectators, who came from all parts or the world, reached 175,000, and included the King and Queen of Wurtemburg, the Prince Imperial of Germany, the Grand Duchess of j Bjidcn, and the Bishop Of Salzburg.’ ‘
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2422, 21 December 1880, Page 3
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187A POORLY-PAID STAR. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2422, 21 December 1880, Page 3
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