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passion play

Play representing the death and resurrection of Jesus, performed on Good Friday throughout medieval Europe. It has its origins in medieval mystery plays. Traditionally, a passion play takes place every ten years at Oberammergau, Germany.
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He had shot big game in Siam, pearled in the Paumotus, visited Tolstoy, seen the Passion Play, and crossed the Andes on mule-back; while he was a living directory of the fever holes of West Africa.
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On the Continent of Europe, indeed, they still survive, after a fashion, in a single somewhat modernized form, the celebrated Passion Play of Oberammergau.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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