Editing Passion Play (section)

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The '''Vienna Passion''' embraces the entire history of the [[Redemption (religious)|Redemption]], and begins with the revolt and [[fallen angel|fall]] of [[Lucifer]]; the play, as transmitted to us, ends with Jesus and his [[Twelve Apostles]] sitting at [[the Last Supper]].

The oldest '''Frankfort Passion''' play, that of Canon Baldemar von Peterwell (1350–1381), the production of which required two days, was more profusely elaborated than the other Passion Plays of this period. Of this play only the ''[[Ordo sive Registrum]]'' has come down to us, a long roll of [[parchment]] for the use of the director, containing [[stage directions]] and the first words of the [[dialogue (fiction)|dialogues]]. The plays based on this list of directions lead us to the period in which the Passion Play reached its highest development (1400–1515). During this period the later Frankfort Passion Play (1467), the '''Alsfelder''', and the '''Friedberger''' (1514) originated. Connected with this group are the '''Eger''', the '''Donaueschingen''', '''Augsburg''', '''Freising''' and '''Lucerne''' Passion Plays, in which the whole world drama, beginning with the [[creation of man]] and brought down to the [[Pentecost|coming of the Holy Ghost]], is exhibited, and which was produced with great splendour as late as 1583.