The modern revival of Passion Plays began with the revival of the York Mystery Plays in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, the Chester Mystery Plays in the 1970s and the York and Towneley Plays as part of the Edinburgh Festival in 1977. The Passion Plays came to be presented more rarely, particularly as the Reformation was inimical to them. About 40 shows are performed for each season. [16][17] 2.2 miles of walls and 70 towers flank the outer perimeter of the New Jerusalem Theater. See 'Resources', American Jewish Committee, James Shapiro, The Problem with Passion Plays BeliefNet. Since then, Brixlegg and Vorderthiersee in Tyrol and Horice na Sumave, near Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, and above all, the Oberammergau in Upper Bavaria attract thousands to their plays. google_color_border = "A8DDA0"; . 331 47. All four Plays, as they are commonly called, are written in rhyme, principally in German. The Hritz Passion Play, the present text of which is from the pen of Provost Landsteiner, has been produced every five years, since 1893. I do all the miracles, basically. An innkeeper, played by a Sebring-brown student of Harley-Davidson mechanics, leads a couple to shelter.
