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Show Parsifal' ': All admirers of the chaste in tho art, all lovers of things beautiful, as well as the many well-wishers for the betterment of the staKu and the development de-velopment of Its possibilities for the benefit of mankind wlll,wlthoutdoubt, be pleased to learn that ttic fortiicom-.11 fortiicom-.11 B production of Wagner's famous mystic drama "l'urslfal" Is announced an-nounced for Wednesday, October :il, at the Thatcheropcra house. No production pro-duction that has ever been picsentcd to the American publlf has been received re-ceived with such unlvetMl comuicnda-tlanand comuicnda-tlanand praise that lin- hecnaccoided. "Parsifal" wherever puluccd. Scholars Schol-ars and artists, press ai. 'I I'lcrgy, the-i.iur-Koer and cliurch-i; i. all have Joined In acclaiming It the gentlest, sweetest and most gratifying story ever enacted upon tho stage. This spontaneous outburst of appreciation Is not occasioned, as one would be inclined in-clined to Imagine, because the play emanated from the brain of one of one greatest geniuses that ever lived, (Mellaril (Mell-aril Wagner. Other men have written great plays. The cause lies In the fact that the beautiful story told is one that appeals direct to the heart and soul of every man or woman that has a spark of blood In their veins; that every speech and action used In the development of the simple story arc so intensely dramatic that one sits absolutely ab-solutely enthralled with their power and impresslveness Everything and all pertaining to the play Is so different differ-ent from what we havo been so long accustomed to witnessing upon the stage, that one almost seems to be in another world while under its magnetic mag-netic and dramatic inllucncc. You watch and wait, vlth baited breath, each succeeding action and word of the characters appearing In the play. You do not wish to lose one word or act of the whole spectacle, for each one seems to be weighted with so much significance and relation to the one preceding It that you fear lest you might lose the thiead of the thrilling and soul-stirrfiig theme and story. It is this intense inteicst, this absorbing attention, that the play exacts, that holds you spclloound from beginning to end of each of tho four acts of this remarkable production. |
