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"It shows that earnestness and effort can very easily overtake and pass mere training and technical skill. The object of the Ober Ammergau 'super' is, not to get outside and have a drink, but to help forward the success of the drama. IT SHOWS THAT EARNESTNESS AND EFFORT CAN VERY EASILY OVERTAKE AND PASS MERE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SKILL THE OBJECT OF THE OBER AMMERGAU SUPER IS NOT TO GET OUTSIDE AND HAVE A DRINK BUT TO HELP FORWARD THE SUCCESS OF THE DRAMA
ou think of the performance _as_ a performance?" asks B. "Oh, as to that," I reply, "I think what everyone who has seen the play must think, that it is a marvellous piece of workmanship. "Experienced professional stage-managers, with all the tricks and methods of the theatre at their fingers' ends, find it impossible, out of a body of men and women born and bred in the atmosphere of the playhouse, to construct a crowd that looks like anything else except a nervous group of broken-down paupers waiting for soup. "At Ober-Ammergau a few village priests and representative householders, who have probably never, any one of them, been inside the walls of a theatre in their lives, dealing with peasants who have walked straight upon the stage from their carving benches and milking-stools, produce swaying multitudes and clamouring mobs and dignified assemblages, so natural and truthful, so realistic of the originals they represent, that you feel you want to leap upon the stage and strangle them. OWS WILD AN ALARM AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERFORMANCE AS A PERFORMANCE ASKS B OH AS TO THAT I REPLY I THINK WHAT EVERY ONE WHO HAS SEEN THE PLAY MUST THINK THAT IT IS A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL STAGE MANAGERS WITH ALL THE TRICKS AND METHODS OF THE THEATRE AT THEIR FINGERS ENDS FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE OUT OF A BODY OF MEN AND WOMEN BORN AND BRED IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE PLAYHOUSE TO CONSTRUCT A CROWD THAT LOOKS LIKE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT A NERVOUS GROUP OF BROKEN DOWN PAUPERS WAITING FOR SOUP AT OBER AMMERGAU A FEW VILLAGE PRIESTS AND REPRESENTATIVE HOUSEHOLDERS WHO HAVE PROBABLY NEVER ANY ONE OF THEM BEEN INSIDE THE WALLS OF A THEATRE IN THEIR LIVES DEALING WITH PEASANTS WHO HAVE WALKED STRAIGHT UPON THE STAGE FROM THEIR CARVING BENCHES AND MILKING STOOLS PRODUCE SWAYING MULTITUDES AND CLAMORING MOBS AND DIGNIFIED ASSEMBLAGES SO NATURAL AND TRUTHFUL SO REALISTIC OF THE ORIGINALS THEY REPRESENT THAT YOU FEEL YOU WANT TO LEAP UPON THE STAGE AND STRANGLE THEM
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