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Passion plays are based on the life and suffering of Jesus Christ, on the creation of the world, and stories from the bible. However, the earliest recorded passion play was written in 2000 BD and was not based on Jesus Christ or any biblical stories, instead, it was based on the Egyptian king Osiris. ... Thus showing that the principal object of passion plays then was the suffering and glory of a god. Before passion plays were formed in christianity, Easter plays represented dramas. People wanted to know more about Christs life and most of all, his passion. Therefore, passion plays were created; first in Latin and then in German. Some passion plays start with the story of Adam and Eve, and end with the dispersion of the Apostles.
Passion plays rose in the fifteenth century, and with that rose their cities and economy. The cities people were now wealthy and could hold wonderful plays on public squares. The directors of the plays were members of the clergy, but people of all different classes took part in the production. ... As the sixteenth century rolled along, the passion plays of the fifteenth century started to lose their serious and yet humorous acting. In the seventeenth century, passion plays were pushed to monasteries and unpopular villages. ... Interest in passion plays rose again in the nineteenth century, as Oberammergau was attracting people from all over the world to their plays.
As mentioned earlier, many passion plays started with the creation of the world, which according to the bible, goes as follows.
Approximate Word count = 1408
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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