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Description: | A bromide print photograph entitled 'Maria (Anna Flunger)', taken by Leo Schneyer in 1900. The photograph shows Anna Flunger playing Mary in the Oberammergau Passion Play. The Passion Play - a play telling the story of the life of Jesus - has been performed in Oberammergau, Germany, since 1634, and is now performed in the village every ten years. Anna Flunger was the daughter of the village's postman, the village potter, Anton Lang, played Jesus Christ. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph bromide print | Temporal: | 1900 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Schneyer, Leo | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/21482 | Go to resource |
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