Passion Play

A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition.

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Famous quotes containing the words passion and/or play:

    “How could passion run so deep
    Had I never thought
    That the crime of being born
    Blackens all our lot?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Ah, but to play man number one,
    To drive the dagger in his heart,
    To lay his brain upon the board
    And pick the acrid colors out,
    To nail his thought across the door,
    Its wings spread wide to rain and snow,
    To strike his living hi and ho....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)