ACT III
(In the house of Joseph of Arimathæa. The Supper-room in which the Last Supper took place. Windows at the back. Doors to the right and left. Judæo-Roman architecture. The lamps are lit. It is the end of the night of the sixth of April.)
About This Book
The play follows a woman with a troubled past whose presence in a Roman-ruled town provokes moral outrage, intimate entanglements, and political tension. Across three acts, public condemnation, private encounters, and a decisive crisis expose competing claims of punishment, compassion, and authority. A messianic figure intervenes to halt communal violence, while the woman faces a wrenching choice that could either imperil or save that figure depending on whether she sacrifices herself for a Roman official. Themes of redemption, social hypocrisy, the limits of law and mercy, and the individual’s struggle between desire and duty are developed in evocative domestic and civic settings.