passion play
noun
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often Passion play
: a dramatic representation of the scenes connected with the passion and crucifixion of Jesus
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The author of A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind reimagines the Greek myth of Medea as a passion play, rife with domestic fury and murder most foul.
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Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Williams has witnessed firsthand how passion plays a huge role in success; the now 52-year-old philanthropist and artist has been releasing, writing, and producing music since the 1990s, amassing more than three decades of chart-topping hits.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2026
Even they’re relegated to little more than supporting players and symbolic representations of troubled youth straight out of a BBC kitchen-sink passion play.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Worried over his role in the unfolding passion play, Slusser left Atlanta to return to the Midwest.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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Hamilton Cain, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Williams has witnessed firsthand how passion plays a huge role in success; the now 52-year-old philanthropist and artist has been releasing, writing, and producing music since the 1990s, amassing more than three decades of chart-topping hits.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2026
Even they’re relegated to little more than supporting players and symbolic representations of troubled youth straight out of a BBC kitchen-sink passion play.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Worried over his role in the unfolding passion play, Slusser left Atlanta to return to the Midwest.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
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“Passion play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passion%20play. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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