{"product_id":"9781350005341","title":"Devil's Passion or Easter in Hell A divine comedy in one act","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDevil's Passion or Easter in Hell\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA divine comedy in one act\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJustin Butcher\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWithin the next hour, our operatives will isolate, engage and capture or kill the notorious leader of the most extreme, dangerous and contagious ideology to emerge in the modern era, whose terror activities represent the gravest threat to our interests across the region and the wider world. I refer, of course, to the radical preacher and populist demagogue Y'shua Bar-Yessuf – the man known, by way of shorthand to our operatives, as “Jesus”. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSatan, the narrator of Justin Butcher's one-man play who is looking out for our best interests, is on a mission to harness the ways of the dangerous extremist preacher Jesus. Jesus' radical teachings and popularity have the potential to wreak havoc in the Middle East. This is exactly the sort of man the government warn us of, again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis clever and evocative passion play from the devil's perspective considers Jesus' relevance to contemporary issues, and retells the story of Christ's life from the perspective of the enemy.\u003ci\u003e The Devil's Passion\u003c\/i\u003e received its world premiere in June 2015 at St James's, Piccadilly, and was revived and toured in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJustin Butcher is a playwright whose \u003ci\u003eScaramouche Jones or The Seven White Masks\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Pete Postlethwaite, premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in  2001 and was revived at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014. Butcher read Classics at Oxford and subsequently trained at  Drama Studio London. He has worked extensively as an actor, writer,  director and musician all over Europe. Plays include \u003ci\u003eKing of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e (commissioned by Westminster Abbey in 1995, it had five successful UK tours); \u003ci\u003eBirth of the Jongleur\u003c\/i\u003e (a one-man show commissioned for the Greenbelt Arts Festival, 1995); \u003ci\u003eThe Millennium Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a modern adaptation of the Mysteries (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2000); \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo Baywatch \u003c\/i\u003e(New Players, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eGo to Gaza, Drink the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (Theatro Technis, 2009).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 April 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350005341\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332296179852,"sku":"9781350005341","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0d396847-0deb-44f7-8cfd-a8e73d9be7bd.jpg?v=1783602711","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350005341","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}