A Judas hardly worth thirty pieces of silver; Disbelief: Joseph Mawle as Judas Iscariot and Jessika Williams as St Monica. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: April 4, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Solo Syndication Limited. 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

Byline: Quentin Letts

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theatre) Verdict: Its a trial**

THERE is a good play to be written about Judas Iscariot, but this is not it.Over-long, over-written, it basks too much in its own cleverness. PlaywrightStephen Adly Guirgis plainly thinks he is fantastically witty, but his humourrelies too heavily on the bathos of historical figures, including Christ'sapostles, talking in the filthy, shallow language of the American ghetto.

It's all a bit silly. And yet The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot is not withoutmerit. It has interesting ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Anthony Joyette, For Judas Iscariot in Heave and other poem.(Book review) ; Anthony Joyette, For Judas Iscariot in Heave and other poem, AFO...Review Joyette's collection For Judas Iscariot in Heaven extends a spiritual...for which the title poem, For Judas Iscariot in Heaven becomes a signature...
	Transfixed by the case against Judas ; FIRST NIGHT The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Almeida . . . .. OF ALL the strange...encounter since the crucifixion with Judas Iscariot, who killed himself after his betrayal...depraved Pontius Pilate, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot boasts some of the satirical spirit...
	THEATER REVIEW; Judas' puts a compelling new twist on Jesus' betrayer ; ...taken on the figure of Judas Iscariot for his latest play, "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot." However, as a good...moved the setting of "Judas Iscariot" to the spiritual realm...includes a foul-mouthed St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine...Rome. Raymond ...
	We can't so easily wash our hands of Judas' fate ; ...selected "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" to be a part of his...it." "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" puts the famous biblical...vulgar and blasphemous. "St. Monica is a street-talking...as "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot." Oscar-winning actor...in "The Last Days of ...
	Guirgis puts faith on trial in `Judas Iscariot'.(Arts and Lifestyle) ; Byline: TERRY BYRNE THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Presented by Company One at the Plaza Theatre, Boston...Catechism class was never this much fun. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot takes on the baddest bad guy of the New Testament with...sharp direction of Summer L. Williams, The Last Days of ...
	Gift's take on Judas has hard edges, but tender heart.(Time Out!) ; ...bvitello@@dailyherald.com The Last Days of Judas Iscariot * * * 1/2 out of four Location: Gift...language Gift Theatre's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot clocked in at 2 hours, 40 minutes...merciful, why does he allow suffering? - Judas Iscariot asks tough questions. And the answers...
	To Anthony: Judas Iscariot in Heaven.(POETRY)(Poem) ; To Anthony: Judas Iscariot in Heaven If it is possible That out of nothing Comes all matter...Within Expanding Shedding its Useless shell Then the redemptive Judas Iscariot kiss Is the union of souls Separated By the necessity of betrayal...
	Daring 'Judas Iscariot': One More Reason to Check Out H Street Playhouse ; ...exhilarating production of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," a preposterously entertaining play...Circle of Hell truly the right place for Judas Iscariot? Can we get a witness or two, and cross-exami...an answered prayer. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, by Stephen Adly Guirgis. ...
	'Judas Iscariot' gets a thumbs up at The Garage Theatre in Long Beach ; ...the performance of "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," a comedy-drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis...the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth vs. Judas Iscariot," which combs through the factors leading...com, (562) 499-1274THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT When: 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays...
	Alf's Green is worth a visit; CORPORATE HOSPITALITY: Warren Mitchell, right, is a treat in Visiting Mr Green, with Gideon Turner as executive Ross Gardiner. ; ...includinginterval) ** The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot Almeida Theatre, London 3 hrs (includinginterval...Hell. They made it quiteclear that Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus for...in-yer-face play The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot. Fast and fantastical,this theological...

For more facts and information, see all results