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The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a play by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis first staged Off-Broadway at The Public Theater on March 2, 2005, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman . Plot summary. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot tells the story of a court case over the ultimate fate of Judas Iscariot.
- March 2, 2005
- The Public Theater, New York City
- Purgatory and Earth
- Stephen Adly Guirgis
Nov 2, 2017
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Mar 13, 2017 · The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. By Laura Collins-Hughes. March 13, 2017. The lawyers have quite a list of witnesses for the trial of Judas Iscariot, in the court of purgatory. The...
Jul 21, 2022 · The Last Days of Judas Iscariot tells the story of a court case over the ultimate fate of Judas Iscariot. The play uses flashbacks to an imagined childhood and lawyers who call for the testimonies of such witnesses as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud, and Satan.
Dec 27, 2005 · Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible's most notorious sinner.
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- Stephen Adly Guirgis
- $11.99
- Faber & Faber
Summary. In a time-bending corner of Purgatory called Hope, Judas is on trial for his betrayal of Jesus, his soul left in the balance. Through the testimonies of larger-than-life biblical and historical characters such as Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Satan, Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis’ provocative and irreverently funny ...
Mar 3, 2005 · "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," which opened last night at the Public Theater in a production from the Labyrinth Theater Company, shares many of the traits that have made Mr. Guirgis...
Mar 3, 2005 · By Marilyn Stasio. Stephen Adly Guirgis has written a real jaw-dropper — a courtroom drama that makes a compelling argument for lifting the “eternal damnation” sentence on Judas Iscariot, the...
