“The Latin Passion Play:Its Origins and Development”Written by Sandro SticcaA book report byDesi Moreno-Penson

“The Latin Passion Play:
Its Origins and Development”
Written by Sandro Sticca


A book report by
Desi Moreno-Penson


Wednesday, October 27, 1999


Professor Benito Ortolani
Theater History


Introduction:

The Latin Passion Play: Its Origins and Development by Professor Sandro Sticca (State University of New York Press, 1970) is an engaging account which examines the medieval liturgical ceremonies observing the events in Christ’s Passion and traces their continuous change in character from the contemplative and thoughtful to the dramatic. Professor Sticca manages to present in this comprehensive body of work some important points. The first point being Christ’s Passion becoming an ever-widening and intensive motif as one of the sacred mysteries beginning in the tenth century. Also, there were many new constraints, which allowed a more stylish and expressive form of visualization and description of Christ’s Anguish, which would appear in the eleventh and ...