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Eve, still looking fair and happy  though I suppose she ought not to,  sits spinning and watching the children playing at 'helping father.' EVE STILL LOOKING FAIR AND HAPPY THOUGH I SUPPOSE SHE OUGHT NOT TO SITS SPINNING AND WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAYING AT HELPING FATHER
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. "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. "The groupings, both in the scenes of the play itself and in the various tableaux that precede each act, are such as I doubt if any artist could improve upon. The tableau showing the life of Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Eden makes a beautiful picture. Father Adam, stalwart and sunbrowned, clad in sheepskins, rests for a moment from his delving, to wipe the sweat from his brow. ROBABLY 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 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 THE GROUPINGS BOTH IN THE SCENES OF THE PLAY ITSELF AND IN THE VARIOUS TABLEAUX THAT PRECED EACH ACT ARE SUCH AS I DOUBT IF ANY ARTIST COULD IMPROVE UPON THE TABLEAU SHOWING THE LIFE OF ADAM AND EVE AFTER THEIR EXPULSION FROM EDEN MAKES A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE FATHER ADAM STALWART AND SUN BROWNED CLAD IN SHEEPSKINS RESTS FOR A MOMENT FROM HIS DELVING TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW
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