How do you plead? 'The Controversy' & 'Judas Iscariot'.(Stage)(The Controversy of Valladolid, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot)(Theater Review) From: Commonweal | Date: March 25, 2005| Author: Wren, Celia | COPYRIGHT 2005 Commonweal Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Utter the words "theatrical" and "trial" these days, and four-fifths of the populace will think of Michael Jackson. But a world away from that media circus, an off-Broadway theater has been giving the concept of courtroom theater a far different and more high-minded spin. Within the space of a week, in February, New York's Public Theater opened The Controversy of Valladolid, by Jean-Claude Carriere, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, by Stephen Adly Guirgis--two noteworthy dramas...