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I haven't watched The Chosen, but given how people are describing it here, I'm going to strongly recommend Dorothy Sayers' serialized radio play "The Man Born T
by NateEag 5y ago
I haven't watched The Chosen, but given how people are describing it here, I'm going to strongly recommend Dorothy Sayers' serialized radio play "The Man Born To Be King."
Most adaptations of the Gospels make Judas an evil caricature of a human being. Sayers' Judas strikes disturbingly close to home, leaving one with the thought "There but for the grace of God go I."
Every one of the characters in her adaptation feels plausible and real. Whatever you think about the Gospels' historicity, I think it would be hard to read these plays and not understand why so many people try to follow Jesus, even today.
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Born-Be-King/dp/0898703077 https://www.amazon.com/Man-Born-Be-King/dp/0898703077
- Thiez 5y agoSpeaking of Judas, I think he was pretty great in Jesus Christ Superstar. They definitely managed to portray him as a sympathetic character who was doing what he thought was right.
- MontagFTB 5y agoThanks for the recommendation! I see you liked to the book- is the radio play available somewhere? Which was better?
- NateEag 5y agoIt's been quite a few years since I last looked for the radio plays. IIRC, the tapes of the original productions were lost, possibly mislaid somewhere but more likely destroyed in a BBC archive fire. I've not personally listened to a performance of these plays (though I will say that "Kings In Judea", the Nativity story, makes a great piece of Christmastime readers' theater, speaking from personal experience). Looking around the web a bit, it looks like some more recent productions may be available.