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"And
Judas Had a Brother"
53
A.D, Roman Empire
LYSIAS
is the butt of jokes, a man willing to sink
to the lowest depths. He is also believed
to be an informer for the hated Romans and
the brother of the traitor, Judas Iscariot
who had betrayed Jesus twenty years previous.
JESS
is a cook at an orphanage. Roman soldiers
come around looking for the children of
the rebel, Simon Avaran. JUDITH, who runs
the orphanage, reluctantly rounds up all
of the children. LYSIAS enters and persuades
the guards to leave.
LYSIAS is cynical about the trust Judas
put in Jesus and warns JESS to believe the
worst and not to trust anybody.
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| Becky
lets slip to Jess that Sarah is her
sister |
BECKY
unintentionally tells JESS that SARAH is
her sister. He realises they are the children
of Simon that the Romans have been looking
for. JESS assures the girls that he will
not tell anybody. SARAH is scared that LYSIAS
will find out and turn them in for the sake
of a reward.
JESS
is called on by JUDITH, SARAH and BECKY
to attend to an injured boy who is about
his own age. He finds out that it is MATTHIAS,
the brother of SARAH and BECKY. JESS and
JUDITH agree to hide MATTHIAS from the Romans.
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| The
orphanage |
Meanwhile
the reward for the children gets larger.
MATTHIAS is scared that he will bring the
others into danger and tells JUDITH that
he must try to leave the city.
One day at the market, LYSIAS overhears
BECKY referring to SARAH as her sister.
JESS and the sisters are very aware of BECKY’s
mistake. LYSIAS realises that these children
are the ones with the bounty on their heads.
JESS pleads with LYSIAS not to betray them.
He warns JESS to take the children away
to safety.
JESS
tells SARAH, BECKY and JUDITH to pack. They
are about to escape the orphanage when LYSIAS
arrives with a Roman guard. They are put
in a prison cell with the captured MATTHIAS.
It looks as though LYSIAS has betrayed the
children.
The
prisoners sleep but are woken by LYSIAS
who tells them to make their way to a waiting
cart outside. They are transported out of
the city. LYSIAS had saved up all of his
money in order to bribe the guards to help
with the escape.
JESS guesses that LYSIAS is in fact Judas
Iscarriot who has now partly redeemed himself
through his actions.
JESS, MATTHIAS and BECKY say their goodbyes
and JUDITH and LYSIAS(Judas) return to the
city.
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