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== [[Literature]] ==
* The novel ''Christ Recrucified'' (1948) by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis: a poor, remote village in Greece is preparing a passion play, and due to tragic circumstances, everyone ends up with the [[Plot Parallel|same fate]] as the part he or she is assigned. The novel was adapted by Bohuslav Martinů into the opera ''The Greek Passion''. First performed in 1961.
* The novel "Passion Play" follows a troupe of actors that put these on as they become wrapped up in an adultery scandal, punning on the title.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''The Passion'', a 2008 version by [[The BBC]]. Notable for trying to go more historically accurate, but still filling nearly the entire cast with white people (there's only one Jewish guy who gets a speaking part), a rather unconvincing Jesus and the Jesus actor changing twice for post-resurrection scenes (The Road to Emmaus is supposed to have two of the Apostles not recognising Jesus, but still...)
** Knowing the Beeb, he must have [[Doctor Who
*** Not quite. The passage here - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2024:13-35&version=NIV - states that the two blokes on the Emmaus road didn't recognize Jesus _until bread was broken_. The Beeb used a different actor until the reveal.
* [[The BBC]] also did ''The Manchester Passion'', which took place on the streets of central Manchester and included songs by famous local bands.
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* The "St. Matthew Passion" by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] is a setting of one of the [[The Bible|biblical accounts]] of the Passion interspersed with reflective hymns and chorales. It's generally regarded as some of the ultimate [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
** As is his ''St. John Passion''.
** Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach wrote twenty-one settings of the Passions. Thus sayeth [
* Modern composer Osvaldo Golijov composed ''"La Pasión Según San Marcos,"'' based on [[The Bible|Mark's gospel]] and incorporating traditional music and dance from Brazil.
* There were a number of Passions set to music; [[Sturgeon's Law|many haven't survived to modern day]], but Victorian composer John Stainer's ''Crucifixion'' still gets performed on occasion.
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* In the Catholic Church, every Palm Sunday Mass, and the Good Friday Vigil (technically not a Mass - the period between Holy Thursday and the Vigil of the Resurrection of the Lord [Saturday night] is the only time of year where no priest will celebrate Mass), does this as the Gospel reading. Including [[Audience Participation]].
* It was traditional for these to be performed every Easter in Europe during medieval times, mostly as a tool of education as most people could not read, and the masses were performed in Latin. Few examples survive to the modern day, but some, like the English 'Chester Cycle', are still performed every other year or so with great pageantry.
* Most of the main Medieval English cities had a local script (written in the local dialect) which was enacted every year. Typically, the play was subdivided into a number of scenes, each acted by a different city guild.
** York's Mystery Plays are enacted every four years by local amateur actors, though the modern tradition only dates back to the 1950s when the plays were revived. Unusually, the plays are still performed by separate groups (even some by city guilds), on wagons that are moved through the city between performance spots.
* The religious [[Theme Park]] "The Holy Land Experience" in Orlando has one of these as a daily attraction.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Ultima VII]],'' one of your first encounters with the Fellowship organization is a meeting with wandering minstrels who are performing what they refer to as a
* Ezio crashes a
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "The Passion of the Jew", [[Villain Protagonist|Eric Cartman]] [[Putting
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'''Stan:''' No, it doesn't. Christians should focus on what Jesus said, instead of how he died. Lots of people were crucified in those days. Passion Plays are what people did in the Middle Ages, and it ends with really bad results.
''([[Toilet Humor|Mel Gibson craps on Cartman]])'' }}
* In the ''[[Moral Orel]]'' episode "School Pageant", Orel's school puts on one of these written by the oft-forgotten member of a band in an attempt to resurrect his career. For the most part, the play was forgettable. The [[Villain Song]], [[Ear Worm|however...]]
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