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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.
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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.
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