PASSION PLAY
LONDON, November 8 (Rec 1 p.m.).—Karl Preisinger, aged 37, a hotel owner, will play the part of Jesus in the Passion Play next Easter, says Reuter’s Oberammergau correspondent, quoting an announcement made today. In a secret session the play committee decided also that Anne Marie Mayr, aged 20, a student, will take the part of Mary. Most of the leading actors in the last performances in 1934 are too old to stand the strain of being eight hours on the stage every day for a fortnight. Almost all of them were Nazis, except Judas—Max Zwink, a musician and painter. Alois Lang, who played the part of Jesus in 1934 and who runs Oberammergau’s most modern hotel, has been excluded next Easter because he was a former Nazi. The role of Jesus carries a payment of more than £450.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1949, Page 5
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