Overview

Every ten years since 1634, the Bavarian village of Oberammergau has performed the world's most famous Passion Play, recounting the last days of Jesus Christ. In 2010, presenting the play for the 41st time, the village broke with tradition to offer a new interpretation for a post-millennial, international audience. Drawing on interviews with villagers and international responses, this collection of new essays provides an analysis of the play by scholars who attended. Topics include changes in response to charges of anti-Semitism, how the play defines the village, how the performance changes the audience, and a comparison of Oberammergau 2010 with American Passion Plays, Indian pilgrimage drama and other German Passion Plays.

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Author:   Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9780786496037

ISBN 10:   0786496037
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   06 February 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: ­Forty-First in the ­Twenty-First (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Part 1. Oberammergau 2010: Responses The Role of Their Lives, or Jesus on a Bike: Oberammergau on Stage and Off (Glenn Ehrstine) “What’s a nice Jewish boy like you doing in a Catholic play like this?”: Oberammergau 2010 and Religious Identity (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Dialectical Aesthetics of Change and Continuity in the 2010 Oberammergau Passion Play (Sharon ­Aronson-Lehavi) Part 2. Comparative Oberammergaus Spiritual Voyeurism and Cultural Nostalgia: Anglophone Visitors to the Oberammergau Passion Play, 1870–1925 and 2010 (Joshua Edelman) Atemporality in the Heidelberg Passion Play, the Passion Play of Oberammergau and Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play: A Cycle (Jutta Eming) Tableaus and Selves in Vrindavan and Oberammergau (David Mason) Oberammergau in America/America in Oberammergau (Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.) Part 3. Interviews An Interview with Frederik Mayet (Actor, Christ) (David Mason) Passion Playing: An Interview with Sarah Ruhl on the Shaping Influence of Oberammergau (Jill Stevenson) Conclusion: ­Forty-Second in the ­Twenty-First: Oberammergau 2020 Works Cited About the Contributors Index

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“fills something of a gap, there are surprisingly few serious scholarly engagements with Oberammergau...Wetmore has gathered essays that probe the history, aesthetics, and cultural analogues and resonances of the Bavarian pageant...well-researched discussion of the US reception and reimaginings of the play...recommended”—Choice.

fills something of a gap, there are surprisingly few serious scholarly engagements with Oberammergau...Wetmore has gathered essays that probe the history, aesthetics, and cultural analogues and resonances of the Bavarian pageant...well-researched discussion of the US reception and reimaginings of the play...recommended --Choice.

Author Information

Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., is a professional actor and director whose previous books have covered topics ranging from Star Wars to Renaissance faires. He is a professor and chair of the theater department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

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