History Main / PassionPlay

* Ezio crashes a PassionPlay during ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', in order to save the actor playing Christ from being killed for real.

** Traditionally, which Passion Narrative was read varied with which day of Holy Week it was -- the Passion according to Matthew was read on Palm Sunday, Mark on Holy Tuesday, Luke on Holy Wednesday, and John on Good Friday. Nowadays the Passion read on Palm Sunday rotates between Matthew, Mark, and Luke on a 3-year cycle, while the Passion according to John continues to be read on Good Friday as it always has been.

* Most of the main Medieval English cities had a local script (written in the local dialect) which was enacted every year. Typically, the play was subdivided into a number of scenes, each acted by a different city guild.
** York's Mystery Plays are enacted every four years by local amateur actors, though the modern tradition only dates back to the 1950s when the plays were revived. Unusually, the plays are still performed by separate groups (even some by city guilds), on wagons that are moved through the city between performance spots.

* A long-running liturgical tradition in the Roman Catholic Church during Holy Week is to read the Passion Narrative as the Gospel reading for the day. The ideal is for it to be chanted by three deacons whose lines are voiced at different pitches: the Chronista (Narrator) sings his part in a mid or neutral pitch, Christ's part is sung in a lower register, and the Synagoga (literally Synagogue, but really all the non-Jesus dialogue) sings his part in a higher tone. In some churches AudienceParticipation is customary in the form of the choir and/or the clerics sitting in attendance singing the part of the crowd (Turba) -- nowadays this custom is extended even to the lay folk in the congregation.

** Traditionally, which Passion Narrative was read varied with which day of Holy Week it was.
* It was traditional for these to be performed every Easter in Europe during medieval times, mostly as a tool of education as most people could not read, and the masses were performed in Latin. Few examples survive to the modern day, but some, like the English 'Chester Cycle', are still performed every other year or so with great pageantry.

* A long-running liturgical tradition for the Catholic Church during Holy Week, the Passion Narrative is the Gospel reading for Palm Sunday (read from one of the three synoptic Gospels) and the Good Friday Service [[note]]technically not a Mass - the period between sundown at Maundy Thursday and the Easter Vigil, called the "Paschal Triduum," is the only time of year where no priest will celebrate Mass[[/note]] (read from the Gospel of John). Complete with AudienceParticipation.
** It was traditional for these to be performed every Easter in Europe during medieval times, mostly as a tool of education as most people could not read, and the masses were performed in Latin. Few examples survive to the modern day, but some, like the English 'Chester Cycle', are still performed every other year or so with great pageantry.

* Inspired by the above Dutch and British examples, Creator/FOX televised ''The Passion: Live In New Orleans'' in 2016 featuring among others Seal as Pontius Pilate, Chris Daughtry as Judas, and Music/TrishaYearwood as Mary.

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* The 2011 animated film ''The Lion of Judah'' is a [[LighterAndSofter kid-friendly]] re-telling of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection and serves as a major plot point. It's focused on a group of talking animals who have to save [[SweetSheep Judah the Lamb]] from getting killed on Good Friday. However, Judah is focused on "Setting people free" by freeing animals from getting sacrificed and still determined to find ways to set others free. However, Jesus' crucifixion occurs the same time Judah is about to get killed but survives after an earthquake cracks the temple seconds after Jesus' death. While the animals break the news that Jesus died, Judah quickly heads to the tomb that Jesus is laying in and even waits three whole days to meet him. Compared to other re-tellings, it ends on a much happier note where Judah meets Jesus before leaving earth and Judah returning back to the pasture to reunite with his mother.

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* ''AD/BC: A Rock Opera'' would count as well, being a parody of the better known shows below. Just from the POV of the Innkeeper.
* ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'', a modernization of the Gospel accounts, ends with Christ being attached to an electric fence representing his cross, and giving his final words in the opening of the song "Finale."
* ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''. This one ends at the Crucifixion, for some reason.
* ''Music/HisStoryTheMusical'', in counterpoint to the above, is a concept album that plays the Passion extremely straight with hip-hop and reggae music on its soundtrack.

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* The [[UrExample Ur-Examples]] are the accounts of Literature/TheFourGospels, since they serve as the source for future tellings of the Passion of Christ. Each of the four Gospels gives an account of how Christ was betrayed by Judas, arrested by the Romans, tried by Pontius Pilate, sent to carry his cross to Golgotha, and crucified until he died alongside two thieves.

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* Creator/{{Michelangelo}}'s ''Pieta'' focuses in on the grief Mary felt at the end of the Passion, specifically in the extra-biblical scene where she held the corpse of her son in her hands.

* There were a number of Passions set to music; [[SturgeonsLaw many haven't survived to modern day]], but Victorian composer John Stainer's ''Crucifixion'' still gets performed on occasion.

* The ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' time-traveling story "Smurfed Behind: The Passion Of The Smurfs", with Judas Iscariot resembling Gargamel and having a cat similar to Azrael. Rather than hanging himself, Judas gets chased off a cliff by Puppy and is [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath pierced through by a tree]] when he chases after the Smurfs.[[note]]Thus fulfilling what Acts 1:18 said about Judas' death, that he "fell headlong" and "he burst asunder in the middle and all his organs spilled out."[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has one of these, with a twist; [[spoiler: the man playing the role of Christ, Joshua Stephenson, is a death row inmate who [[TheAtoner found religion]] and ''[[SnuffFilm actually has himself crucified]]'' as he wanted to be an InspirationalMartyr like Jesus, with a production studio recording the whole thing. Naturally, [[CrapsackWorld the few mainstream Christians left]] were ''pissed'', with an angry mob forming outside the studio as it's happening. Even if befriended, [[PlayerCharacter V]] is unable to talk him out of it and can even ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice drive the nails in themself]]'' [[VideoGameCaringPotential so he at least dies with a friend by his side]].]]