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The action is selected randomly out of the pages of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Two dozen monitors with digital time indicators replace the conductor and provide the framework. At 20'15", two stagehands with horse's heads get ready to pull onto the stage, at 22'25", an old peasant cart carrying an Amfortas in bishop's clothing; at 22'34", a dark cloud has been carried onto the stage; at 24'43", a practice target is set up. Amfortas leaves the stage, singing, at 25'38"; a coffin appears at 27'47" and is opened at exactly 28'00". A lady in a box sings a duet with a large bass. At 38'40" a covered-up piano, a jeep, and a garbage container are found together on the stage.
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