Hi Michelle.
There are a few short Jonah scenes or references to Jonah in processions that survive in German-speaking Europe.
The most extensive of these is a brief scene in the Heidelberg Passion Play (lines 5730-5811). That play is unusual because it pairs OT and NT episodes on the basis of typology rather than Biblical chronology. The Jonah segment is paired with the burial of Christ.
Steve Wright
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From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion on behalf of Michelle Butler
Sent: Wed 9/7/2005 10:44 AM
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Subject: Jonah plays?
Dear Colleagues,
A friend requested that I ask you whether any Jonah plays survive from
the continent...?
Cheers,
Michelle Butler
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