passion play
noun1
A play depicting the Passion of Christ.
2
Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.
- The mysteries of Osiris were celebrated as a passion play, the subject being the sufferings, passion, death and resurrection of Osiris.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 46:
3
An overly dramatic depiction or enaction of something, especially when not usually dramatic.
- Related terms
- mystery play, nativity play