The ''Škofja Loka Passion Play'' (, ) is the oldest play in Slovene. In its current form, it was a penitential

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. It was written on the basis of an older tradition in 1715, with minor corrections until 1727, by Father Romuald (Lovrenc Marusič; 1676–1748), a Capuchin friar who lived for a period in the Škofja Loka Capuchin monastery in the town of

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. The passion presents Biblical stories, particularly from the life of

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. It consists of 869 verses, written in the old

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. They are divided into 13 tableaux. It belongs to the

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period and represents the oldest preserved director's book in the world. The play's manuscript is kept by the Škofja Loka monastery. The play was originally staged on

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each year until 1751. After almost three hundred years, it was presented again in 1936 as part of an exhibition, and revived in 1999, 2000, 2009, and 2015; the next performance is scheduled to be in 2026. The first two reprisals were directed by Marjan Kokalj, and the latest by

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. They were performed by around 640

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actors and actresses, among them 80 cavalrymen. The tableaux were divided into 20 scenes. The National Youth Council of Slovenia bestowed the

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a special recognition for a volunteer project in 2010, after the municipality had organised the play in the previous year. In 2008, the performance has been entered in the Slovenian

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are the largest open-air theatre productions in Slovenia.

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ePassion: The Škofja Loka Passion Play
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Contains transcriptions of the play, a video of the play's reprisal in 1999, and scholarly articles. {{DEFAULTSORT:Skofja Loka Passion Play 1715 plays Slovene-language plays Cultural heritage of Slovenia Passion plays History of theatre Volunteering in Slovenia Cultural history of Slovenia Tourist attractions in Slovenia Observances in Slovenia Street theatre Škofja Loka 1936 in Slovenia 1999 in Slovenia 2000 in Slovenia 2009 in Slovenia 2015 in Slovenia 2021 in Slovenia Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Holy Week processions

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