![]() The village of Oberammergau remained plague-free until 25 September 1633, when a man named Kaspar Schisler returned home after working in the nearby village of Eschenlohe. Bad Kohlgrub was so depopulated that only two married couples remained alive. Background Īn outbreak of bubonic plague devastated Bavaria during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). ![]() The 2020 play was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. It is the earliest continuous survivor of the age of Christian religions vernacular drama. The play is a staging of Jesus' passion, covering the short final period of his life from his visit to Jerusalem and leading to his execution by crucifixion. The text of the play is a composite of four distinct manuscripts dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. Since its first production it has been performed on open-air stages in the village. It was written by Othmar Weis, J A Daisenberger, Otto Huber, Christian Stuckl, Rochus Dedler, Eugen Papst, Marcus Zwink, Ingrid H Shafer, and the inhabitants of Oberammergau, with music by Dedler. ![]() The Oberammergau Passion Play ( German: Oberammergauer Passionsspiele) is a passion play that has been performed every 10 years from 1634 to 1674 and each decadal year since 1680 (with a few exceptions) by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. Henry Ford attending the Passion Play in 1930 ![]()
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