Pledge and Play
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What’s the story with the little village of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps? For nearly 400 years, the people who live here have performed the Passion of Christ every ten years. All together. Grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren all join each other on stage. They are fulfilling a vow once made by their ancestors to...
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- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTheater der Zeit
- ISBN-139783957493910
About this book
What’s the story with the little village of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps? For nearly 400 years, the people who live here have performed the Passion of Christ every ten years. All together. Grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren all join each other on stage. They are fulfilling a vow once made by their ancestors to stave off the plague. Pledge and Play is a book that sets out to discover why the villagers’ enthusiasm for theatre has endured to this day. It takes a look behind the scenes and accompanies the creation of the 2022 Passion Play with its 2,400 participants. In a series of conversations, the author explores their motivations, special rituals such as the Hair and Beard Decree and theatre life in times of the coronavirus pandemic. And why giving up is not an option.
About the Author
Born in 1978, Anne Fritsch is a Theater critic and Culture journalist. She graduated in Theater Studies from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and completed a postgraduate course in Cultural Criticism at the Bavarian Theater Academy. She edits the annual statistics of the German Stage Association.