Inszenierte Rituale der Gewalt in der städtischen Wirklichkeit und auf der Bühne. Anmerkungen zur Aufführung des Donaueschinger Passionsspiels in Luzern

Greco-Kaufmann, Heidy (2014). Inszenierte Rituale der Gewalt in der städtischen Wirklichkeit und auf der Bühne. Anmerkungen zur Aufführung des Donaueschinger Passionsspiels in Luzern. In: Dietl, Cora; Schanze, Christoph; Glenn, E. Ehrstine (eds.) Power and Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Theater (pp. 107-121). Göttingen: R&R unipress

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The mode of embodiment of 'potestas' and 'violentia' in medieval and early modern theatre depends mainly on its local political context, the intentions of the initiators and the environment of authors and performers. Against the background of the power struggle between emerging patricians and the clergy of the monastery, the staging of a vernacular play around 1480 in the centre of Lucerne seems to be a demonstration of power and the claiming of a voice concerning religious matters on the part of the secular elite.
Among scholars the „Donaueschingen“ passion play is subject of an ongoing controversy because of its particular cruelty. The comparison of 'violentia'-scenes on stage with contemporary customs reveals that the performed cruelty was not the result of uncontrolled sadistic behavior, but followed the strictly ritualized patterns of the effective practice of justice. There is a strong evidence that Diebold Schilling, priest, court scribe and occasional war correspondent was the author and presumably also the director of the 'violentia'-scenes of the Donaueschingen play.

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