Editing Passion Play (section)

===Slovenia===
In the 17th and 18th century, Passion Plays were organised in the towns of the [[Slovene Lands]], like [[Kranj]], [[Ljubljana]], and [[Novo Mesto]]. Their language was German, [[Slovene language|Slovene]], or both.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.srl.si/arhiv/2008-03/pdf/SR_2008_3_003.pdf |title=Vprašanja tradicije Škofjeloškega pasijona. Ekdotična persepktiva |language=sl, en|trans-title=The Questions of the Tradition of the Škofja Loka Passion Play. Ecdotic Perspective |first=Matija |last=Ogrin |journal=Slavistična revija |year=2008 |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=289–304}}</ref> They were all based on the tradition of the [[Ljubljana Passion Play]],<ref name="Andreis1959">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDPaAAAAMAAJ |title=Yugoslav Music |editor1-first=Josip |editor1-last=Andreis |editor2-first=Slavko |editor2-last=Zlatić |publisher=Edition Yugoslavia |year=1959 |place=Belgrade |page=11 |id={{COBISS|ID=804723}}}}</ref> which was organised by [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchins]] and first performed from ca. 1608 until ca. 1613.<ref>{{cite book |first=Metod |last=Benedik |year=2006 |chapter=Izhodišča Škofjeloškega pasijona |language=sl |trans-chapter=The Basis for the Škofja Loka Passion Play |title=Katalog Potujoče razstave Škofjeloški pasijon |trans-title=The Catalogue of the Travelling Exhibition The Škofja Loka Passion Play<!-- |first=Alojzij |last=Pavel Florjančič--> |publisher=Muzejsko društvo Škofja Loka [Museum Society of Škofja Loka] |series=Loški razgledi |pages=25–35}}</ref> The most distinguished of them has been the [[Škofja Loka Passion Play]]. It was written by [[Father Romuald]] in 1715, with modifications until 1727, on the basis of an older tradition. It is the oldest preserved play in Slovene as well as the oldest preserved director's book in Europe and the only one extant from the [[Baroque]] period.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/a-mystical-experience |title=A Mystical Experience |newspaper=The Slovenia Times |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> The Škofja Loka Passion Play was performed each year until 1767. The procession was revived in 1999, and reprised in 2000 and 2009, with further reprisals planned for 2015 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web |language=sl |url=http://pasijon.skofjaloka.si/kz_pomen.htm |title=Kulturno-zgodovinski pomen |trans-title=Cultural Historical Significance |work=Škofjeloški pasijon – Processio Locopolitana: 1721 – 1999 |access-date=8 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405191844/http://pasijon.skofjaloka.si/kz_pomen.htm |archive-date=5 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The play's reprisals are the largest open-air theatre production in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/prva-postaja-za-uvrstitev-skofjeloskega-pasijona-na-unescov-seznam/282575 |title=Prva postaja za uvrstitev Škofjeloškega pasijona na Unescov seznam |language=sl |trans-title=The First Step towards the Addition of the Škofja Loka Passion Play to the UNESCO's List |work=MMC RTV Slovenija |publisher=RTV Slovenija}}</ref>