Setting

The balcony of the Herodian Palace at Jerusalem overlooking the city. A coffee table or cocktail table covered with a linen cloth holds a silver dish of fresh fruit - grapes, olives, your choice. There is a small bowl of fresh flowers in the center of the table. Stage right of the table there is a chair befitting the position of Pontius Pilate; it may be an overstuffed chair, a chancel chair as found in some liturgical churches, or another highbacked chair covered with gold or violet cloth. Stage left of the table there is a straight chair. Should any scenery be used, you may show an arch entering into the palace at stage left and/or the railing of a balcony overlooking the city.

Costumes

Pilate: white toga, tied at the waist with a cord of gold or violet. Elaborate, flashy rings on b…