 The script of the Play is a text in verses that dates back to the end of the 15th century, written by Giuliano Dati, chaplain of the church of the Forty Saints Martyrs in Trastevere, Rome.The text was played every year in the Colosseum during the Good Friday, beginning around the end of the 15th century, by the Arciconfraternita della Beata Vergine del Gonfalone with a great success of people, travellers, pilgrims and notables.In 1539 Pope Paul III banned the play during the difficult years of the Church Reformation.