Monday, April 21, 2008
Have a great holiday and see the Passion Play as well
THE world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play, involving 2,000 villagers and set against the backdrop of the Bavarian mountains, is a spectacle which comes along only once every 10 years.
So theater fans will want to book early for the latest chance to catch a production first performed in 1634 in gratitude for the locals’ escape from bubonic plague.
It opens in May, 2010, with performances starting in mid-afternoon and running into the evening. They commemorate the last week in the life of Christ, his journey into Jerusalem, his death and Resurrection - and runs until October 3.
So theater fans will want to book early for the latest chance to catch a production first performed in 1634 in gratitude for the locals’ escape from bubonic plague.
It opens in May, 2010, with performances starting in mid-afternoon and running into the evening. They commemorate the last week in the life of Christ, his journey into Jerusalem, his death and Resurrection - and runs until October 3.
