Show sacrilegious performances public protests have been made in brussels against the performances of the biblical drama christ at the theater moliere elsewhere in europe the recent revival of theatrical performances 0 on sacred subjects subject a has met with disca disfavor v or though large audiences have been at traded to witness such plays play a at the brussels and paris theaters where they were produced though the ober ammerman V passion as slon play arouses but little adverse criticism it to is a fact that with regard to other sacred dramas public opinion is as much divided on the question of their fitness for representation as it is on the tariff in this country yet the rude renaissance of the drama in europe after the revival of learning was directed entirely to the exposition of scones scenes from biblical history JV Y world all preparations were onoe once made for the presentation ot of the passion play in new york but it did not occur for once the trend of public sentiment there was wag healthy and the dese desecration craton did not cake place edwin theater was wag sought for the purpose re fused to have anything to lit ijo with it declaring that the subject was not a proper one for a play house in which he was wag inversely right a play pay house houle is not a proper place for so sacred a subject anat a few german pea peasants jants present it every ten tea years has hag nothing to do with the cast cage they perform it as an offering of thankfulness and humility having in memory the rescue of their ancestors from a plague by the intervention of providence because the civilized world tolerates anderen and even encourages the ober performance and because the infidels ot of parts paris and other european countries engage in bueb proceedings is no reason why it should look with approval upon such a production for purely apt speculative curative purposes or in fact as relates to any other place than that first lemed for any purpose whatever even the mere suggestion of such a thing should he sternly frowned down and the authors of it be made to understand that others have reverence if they have not |