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Drama

Robert Clausen

ACT ONE EPISODE 1: THE FIRST WEEK IN LENT BISHOP FIRST CLERGYMAN SECOND CLERGYMAN JESUS PETER JOHN JUDAS [The BISHOP is in conversation with the FIRST and SECOND CLERGYMEN.] BISHOP: I have said it before, brothers, and I say it again. This man has got to go. FIRST CLERGYMAN: Amen. BISHOP: For the good of the church, for the good of the people, for the good of every one of us ... FIRST CLERGYMAN: A...

2. EPISODE 2: THE SECOND WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 2: THE SECOND WEEK IN LENT JESUS PETER JOHN JUDAS THOMAS MAN WOMAN FIRST CLERGYMAN MARY MAGDALENE [JESUS, PETER, JOHN, JUDAS present. THOMAS enters.] THOMAS: Lord! JESUS: Thomas? THOMAS: I’ve brought someone to see you. JESUS: Who is it? THOMAS: A lady ... and her husband. JESUS: Bring them in. THOMAS: [Turning] You can come in. [A WOMAN enters, pushing a MAN in a wheelchair. The FIRST CLE...

3. EPISODE 3: THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 3: THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT BISHOP JUDAS [JUDAS, alone. The BISHOP enters and approaches him.] BISHOP: It’s always depressing, is it not, to have your dream of greatness punctured like a balloon? No longer can you fill it with expanding hopes. You put it to your lips, and it mocks you with disgusting sounds. JUDAS: I have nothing to say to you. BISHOP: On the contrary, let us talk. There is ...

4. EPISODE 4: THE FOURTH WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

ACT II EPISODE 4: THE FOURTH WEEK IN LENT JOHN MARTHA JESUS MARY SECOND CLERGYMAN LAZARUS (Non-speaking: PETER, THOMAS, JUDAS) [MARTHA is alone. JOHN enters to her.] JOHN: Martha! MARTHA: John ... you’ve finally come? JOHN: We didn’t know how bad things were. MARTHA: But we sent word to Jesus days ago. JOHN: I know. It’s very strange. He didn’t seem ... MARTHA: He didn’t seem to care? JOHN: No. No...

5. EPISODE 5: THE FIFTH WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 5: THE FIFTH WEEK IN LENT BISHOP GOVERNOR CAPTAIN JUDAS THOMAS MARY MAGDALENE JESUS JOHN PETER [The BISHOP and the GOVERNOR are together.] BISHOP: I thank you, Governor, for taking time to see me. GOVERNOR: My pleasure, Bishop. What’s on your mind? BISHOP: I bring you some information. GOVERNOR: Indeed. What kind? BISHOP: It pertains to the peace and welfare of the state. I’m sure you will...

6. EPISODE 6: THE SIXTH WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 6: THE SIXTH WEEK IN LENT MARY MARTHA MARY MAGDALENE CAPTAIN JUDAS SOLDIER JESUS PETER JOHN THOMAS [MARY and MARTHA are together. MARY MAGDALENE enters.] MARTHA: Mary Magdalene...! MARY MAGDALENE: Oh, Martha. I’m so glad to find you home ... and Mary. MARY: Come in, Mary Magdalene. Are you all right? MARY MAGDALENE: No ... MARY: Why, what’s the matter? MARY MAGDALENE: I can’t explain it. M...

7. EPISODE 7: MAUNDY THURSDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

ACT THREE EPISODE 7: MAUNDY THURSDAY BISHOP JESUS FIRST CLERGYMAN SECOND CLERGYMAN SOLDIER PETER CAPTAIN GOVERNOR BISHOP MAN [JESUS stands before the BISHOP and the FIRST and SECOND CLERGYMEN.] BISHOP: Do you still defy us? JESUS: If I have done something wrong, tell me what it Is. BISHOP: You can answer that yourself. What are you trying to teach? JESUS: You could have come to hear me. FIRST CLER...

8. EPISODE 8: GOOD FRIDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 8: GOOD FRIDAY GOVERNOR GOVERNOR’S WIFE CAPTAIN JESUS BISHOP MAN (Non-Speaking: SOLDIER) [The GOVERNOR is alone. His WIFE enters.] GOVERNOR’S WIFE: Husband! GOVERNOR: Wife! You shouldn’t be here. WIFE: I had to come. I want to know what’s happening. GOVERNOR: To the prisoner? WIFE: Yes. GOVERNOR: The examination isn’t over. WIFE: Have you decided...? GOVERNOR: I thought I had. Now I don’t ...

9. EPISODE 9: EASTER SUNDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

EPISODE 9: EASTER SUNDAY MARY MARTHA MARY MAGDALENE JESUS PETER JOHN THOMAS BISHOP GOVERNOR [The SOLDIER guards the grave of JESUS. There is a clap of thunder. The SOLDIER looks toward the grave in amazement, then runs out. After some moments, MARY, MARTHA, and MARY MAGDALENE enter.] MARY: When he stood with us at the church that day so full of life ... MARTHA: I know. None of us thought that now ...

10. The Snake

Drama

Robert Clausen

The Characters George Harry The Snake (In a reading performance the introduction and the stage action at the close may be read by the actor playing George, or by a third person who serves as narrator.) Two men are talking. George and Harry. Both are very ordinary looking. Harry is holding one end of a rope. The other end is tied around the neck of an enormous snake - really big. The snake is strai...

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