May 27, 2006 10:02
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Tod-und-Teufel Theater
German to English
Social Sciences
History
Theatre
Middle Ages/reenactment again, is this the German equivalent of our "mystery plays"? Thanks for any help, much appreciated.
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| 4 +2 | mystery plays/dance of death |
Lori Dendy-Molz
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Lori Dendy-Molz
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mystery plays/dance of death
see here:
Mystery plays, one of which may have been the Dance of Death, were performed to ... Danse macabre (1919); and Alfred Zacharias's Tod und Teufel (1922). ...
www.istrianet.org/istria/visual_arts/history/collins_macabr...
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Note added at 16 mins (2006-05-27 10:18:33 GMT)
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sorry, dance*s* of death
Mystery plays, one of which may have been the Dance of Death, were performed to ... Danse macabre (1919); and Alfred Zacharias's Tod und Teufel (1922). ...
www.istrianet.org/istria/visual_arts/history/collins_macabr...
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Note added at 16 mins (2006-05-27 10:18:33 GMT)
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sorry, dance*s* of death
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: Or Passion plays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_plays
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'Passion play' doesn't really fit here, Kim. These plays were generally about ordinary people, not about the suffering of Jesus. And I think 'passion play' is always 'Passionsspiel' in German.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: I don't think passion plays is meant here at all
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Hi Ingeborg - I don't think 'passion play' is meant here, either (it wasn't part of my answer- just Kim's suggestion.)
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Mario Marcolin
: mystery plays, in one form or another
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Thanks, Mario.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the confirmation."
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