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A Passion Play Near Amalfi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2021

Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte
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The Sorrentine Peninsula juts into the Mediterranean about twenty miles below Naples. Its southern shore, although part of the same peninsula, is referred to as the Amalfi Coast. The famous Amalfi Drive winds along this shore from Positano to Vietrisul-Mare, offering travelers spectacular views of cliffs and sea. Here the scenery seems to epitomize that phenomenal blend of sea and mountain beauty so often found along the coasts of Southern Italy. The ritual life of this Sorrentine-Amalfatine peninsula is as theatrical as its landscape: processions, scenic representations, and occasional dramas blossom colorfully and prolifically during the varied seasons of the Roman Catholic liturgical year. Easter, Corpus Christi, Christmas, and the feast days of the saints and the Madonna all become occasions of special devotion, merry-making, and the organization of traditional extra-liturgical rituals of a theatrical nature.

Type
Indigenous Theatre
Information
The Drama Review , Volume 18 , Issue 4: Indigenous Theatre Issue , December 1974 , pp. 47 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © 1974 The Drama Review

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Footnotes

The title photographs are of San Lazzaro, where the first and final scenes are enacted of La Passione de Cesù Cristo. All photographs with this article were taken by the author.