DEATH OF ACTOR
ANTON LANG PABBEB “ CHRIST ” IN PASSION PLAY United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright MUNICH, May 18 Anton Lang, the German villager who portrayed Christ in the’ Oberammergau Passion Plays, has died, aged 03. Anton Lang was born in Oberainmergau, Bavaria. The play was instituted in 1634 in gratitude for the abatement of a plague, and was performed every 10 years entirely by the peasants. Lang was a bearded man with long flowing hair and fine Impressive features, and in the 1900 production of the play was chosen for the part of Christ. His delineation of the’ character was so striking that he was given the part again in 1910 and 1922.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20503, 20 May 1938, Page 7
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113DEATH OF ACTOR Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20503, 20 May 1938, Page 7
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