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GA 277d — 30 September 1923, Vienna

Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon

Vienna, 30 Sept. 1923

My dear Edith Maryon!

The two public lectures went well. Today we are facing the eurythmy performance, which we have managed to stage after all. The original theatre was no longer an option. The 'passive resistance' could not be broken. I tried my luck with the workers' secretary. The lad remained rigid. So I approached the only theatre in Vienna that grants the workers' demands and therefore has no passive resistance. These negotiations took up the whole of Thursday morning. I had to negotiate with all sorts of people. Now we will see how today's performance goes.

Otherwise, everything went well, with the important exception that our Viennese members are also sleeping. But I'd rather talk about that.

It is now completely uncertain whether the Stuttgart lectures will take place on the 10th.

Thank you very much for your letter, which reports so many unpleasant chauvinisms. Of course I have no one else but Plincke.

Hoping for a speedy recovery,

warmest thoughts

Rudolf Steiner