Believe & The Man Jesus - Two Plays
by Matthew Hurt

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Synopsis

The effect of the entire creation is perhaps best measured by occasional involuntary gasps coming from the audience…' The Stage

BELIEVE – Traitor, adulteress, widow and martyr: a contemporary re-imagining of the stories of four female characters from the Old Testament.

Re-cast in a psychologically truthful light, their tales are shocking even by today's sensationalist standards.

From seduction, torture and decapitation to infanticide and rape, these are women surviving in violent times.

Believe explores what 'God' and faith means to the prostitute Rahab, the army wife Bathsheba, the seductress Judith and the martyr Hannah.

A play for one actress.

'…in turns funny, knowing and profoundly sad.' The Sunday Telegraph (Five Stars)

THE MAN JESUS – This extraordinary play looks at key moments in the life of Jesus through the eyes of the men and women around him.

A startling and moving account of New Testament stories including the beheading of John the Baptist, the Sermon on the Mount and his final journey to Jerusalem.

Hurt's powerful portrayal of the tyrants, traitors and madmen in Jesus' life asks people of all faiths and none: what sort of man was able to inspire the history of the world?

A play for one actor.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 2 total roles, 1 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Oberon
Year Published
2015
ISBN 10
178319202X
ISBN 13
9781783192021
Print Length
160 pages
Language
English
eISBN 13
9781783197019
Print
Believe & The Man Jesus - Two Plays is a British religious play written by and published by Oberon in 2015. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781783192021 and an ISBN-10 of 178319202X.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781783197019.

Rating

4.33 out of 5

from 5 ratings and 1 review

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