Passion Play

By Sarah Ruhl

Book Overview

An exploration of the relationships between religion, performance, and life. Part I is set in 1575 in an English village whose traditional annual passion-play is about to be outlawed by Queen Elizabeth's anti-Catholic rulings; Part II is set in Oberammergau, 1934, as the town and the play are becoming Nazified; Part III takes place in an American small town from 1969 through the Reagan era and the present.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573699089
• ISBN13: 9780573699085
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"