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"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. 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
 the Sea of Galilee, has spread the farthest over the world, and struck its note the deepest into human life. Not by his doctrines, not even by his promises, has Christ laid hold upon the hearts of men, but by the story of his life." TUESDAY, THE 27TH--CONTINUED We Discuss the Performance.--A Marvellous Piece of Workmanship.--The Adam Family.--Some Living Groups.--The Chief Performers.--A Good Man, but a Bad Judas.--Where the Histrionic Artist Grows 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 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.  CHAPTER TWELVE OF DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE BY JEROME K JEROME THIS LIBERY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY MICHAEL BROOKE TUESDAY THE TWENTY SEVENTH CONTINUED WE DISCUSS THE PERFORMANCE A MARVELLOUS PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP THE ADAM FAMILY SOME LIVING GROUPS THE CHIEF PERFORMERS A GOOD MAN BUT A BAD JUDAS WHERE THE HISTRIONIC ARTIST GROWS 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
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