A POORLY-PAID STAR.
The principal actors in the recent Passion play’at Oberammergau, in Bavaria, which came to a close on Sept. 27 have gone to Italy to take a well-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 Koman lictors’fasces, Jacob’s pastoral staff, and the seven-branched candlestick. Forty representations of the sacred drama were given which produced the sum of £IOO,OOO, applied as follows .—One-fourth to the erection of the theatre and expenses of representation ; one-fourth to the actors; onefourth to the landed proprietors of Oberammergau; and the remaining fourth to the public schools of the district. Joseph Mayr, who impersonated
Christ, received £3O as his share; that is, not £1 a night. The number of spectators, who came from all parts of the world, reached 175,000, and included tbo King and Queen of Wurtemburg, the Prince Imperial of Germany, the Grand Duchess of Baden, and the Bishop of Salzburg.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2423, 22 December 1880, Page 3
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181A POORLY-PAID STAR. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2423, 22 December 1880, Page 3
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