The Oberammergau Passion Play Author:Vernon Heaton Oberammergau is a remote village that lies deep down in one of the dark valleys in the Bavarian Alps. This is the story of how villagers of that tiny hamlet fought desperately to hold back from their homes the dreadful plague that ravished all Europe in the seventeenth century. It tells of the agonizing fear for his family that drove one of the ... more »villagers to breach the self-imposed isolation of the hamlet from the outside world - and of the catastrophic consequences.
It recalls the Vow taken 350 years ago by the inhabitants, to present the story of Christ's Passion, in a play to be performed every tenth year, for ever - if the Lord would remove the pestilence from their valley.
The author records how their Vow was so mercifully answered - and of the honouring of that pledge, until today the Passion Play in Oberammergau has become one of the greatest productions ever staged.« less