St. Vitus Passion Play. The Oldest Fragment of a Passion Play from Bohemia in the context of Medieval Passion Drama of Central Europe

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Vršecká, Kateřina
St. Vitus Passion Play. The Oldest Fragment of a Passion Play from Bohemia in the context of Medieval Passion Drama of Central Europe.
[Triennial Colloquium of the SITM Société Internationale pour l’étude du Théâtre Médiéval /17./. Prague, 18.07.2022-22.07.2022]
Způsob prezentace: Přednáška
Pořadatel akce: Faculty of Arts, Charles University
URL akce: https://sitm2022.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/84/2022/07/Programme_July2_barevne.pdf 
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: Passion play * medieval drama * theatre of Central Europe
Obor OECD: Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)
https://sitm2022.ff.cuni.cz/

The St. Vitus Passion Play (Svatovítská pašijová hra) is a unique, lesser-known fragment of the only extant Passion play from medieval Bohemia, dating from the end of the 14th century (further development of Latin Church and religious vernacular drama was disrupted by the pre-protestant movement of the Hussites and their rejection of both secular and religious theatre, church ceremonies and feasts). Despite its short length (it contains only 136 vernacular verses and 13 Latin rubrics), the text of the fragment reveals a unique framework of scenes and remarkable, humorous characters: as well as the soldiers and devils there also appears the fictional figure of Gocin, a comical servant to the blind Longinus, whose speeches are reminiscent of Mercator’s servant Rubin in the old Czech play The Ointment Seller (Mastičkář in Czech). The paper will examine the grotesque comedy and buffoonery of the characters, which is interwoven with the serious story of Christ’s passion and crucifixion and contrasts with the sorrowful and solemn atmosphere of Good Friday (on which day the play would have been performed), as well as the potential analogies and associations of the Bohemian Passion Play with other medieval dramas of Central Europe: not only the Easter Drama of Bohemia, but also the Passion Plays from Vienna, Wels and other regions.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0344894