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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 .
Mar 13, 2017 · In Stephen Adly Guirgis’s “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” directed by Estelle Parsons at La MaMa, Satan’s arrival is what unleashes the magic — theatrical, not black, but potent...
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.
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 · Mar 2, 2005 8:00pm PT. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Stephen Adly Guirgis has written a real jaw-dropper -- a courtroom drama that makes a compelling argument for lifting the...
Apr 4, 2008 · Almeida, London. Michael Billington. Fri 4 Apr 2008 07.50 EDT. S ex and politics are common. But religion has become taboo in modern drama. It returns, wittily and exuberantly, in this play by...
