Athalie

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"An elaborate Biblical subject of double interest now because toward the middle of April it is in the international Sunday school lessons. It is a scene in the history of Judah when the nation has tired of its idolatrous queen, Athallah, who has murdered all of the heirs to the throne, as she supposes. They crown little Joash, who has been preserved by the high priest while the soldiers kill the queen in the streets. The story is taken from the account in Second Kings of the stamping out of idolatry in Judah. It is an elaborate production in every sense and is sumptuously staged. The settings a..."