Script Sample

Sam:  I’ll be outta here before you know it.

Jem:  What ya in for?

Sam:  (Grandly, bows ) Rabble rousing, being a nuisance etcetera, etcetera etcetera. Be out soon, on account of our Lizzy.

Jem:  What’s she got to do with it?

Sam:  She and the prison captain are well acquainted.

Jem:  Huh?

Sam:  She’s probably better acquainted to the captain than his wife is (laughs uproariously).

Dan:  Ah, contacts in the right places. I could do with a few more of those. My last good contact was recently repatriated to Rome.

Jem:  What did ya do?

Sam:  Well, I was watching a trial. In the crowd. Got a bit close to a Roman Guard. Stood on his toe. Made him jump, his spear
goes forward and jabs a priest in the backside with it’s sharp point. Priest cries out, makes a huge scene, Guard blames me, not my fault of course, and here I am.

Dan:  (Sarcastic) Another innocent man!… Whose trial?

Sam:  A Jesus of Nazareth.

Jem:  I’ve heard of him.

Dan:  What have they got him for?

Sam:  He said he was the king of the Jews or something.

Jem:  So what! My old ma regularly says she’s Cleopatra, she's going “ga-ga”.

Sam:  Oh this guy’s not going ga-ga. He is the real deal.

Jem:  Well why would he say something like that?

Dan:  What else they got on him?

Sam:  Causing unrest.

Dan:  Stirring up crowds? How did he do that? Fighting?

Sam:  No. He's a man of peace. He encouraged people, healed many. Stuff like that.

Jem:  Why’d they arrest him then?

Sam:  Jealousy. Religious authorities didn’t like him on their turf, getting attention. And he was pretty “straight-up” with them.

Jem:  Didn’t like them?

Sam:  Said something like “beware the teachers of the law. They like to show off with long prayers and fancy clothes but they will be punished severely”.

Dan:  Oh, that would hurt. Ouch!

Jem:  But what’s he done wrong? What Roman law has he broken?

Sam:  Well I dunno. Doesn’t seem to me he’s done anything bad. He’s only spoken the truth.

Jem:  You don’t usually get in here for telling the truth.

Dan:  And that’s coming from the guy who says, “I aint done nothin’”.

Jem:  Ok, so maybe I did do something.

Dan I bet this Jesus was screaming his innocence at his trial.

Sam:  Hardly said a word . And they were rough on him, really rough. He’s got quite a few injuries, blood everywhere last time I saw him.

Jem:  I couldn’t put up with that if I was innocent, it's one thing getting what you deserve, another thing getting what ain’t due.

Sam:  (With admiration) He looked like a man who would willingly carry the world on his shoulders. (Pause) And the crowd traded his life for a murdering criminal!

Dan & Jem: Barabbas!

Guards re enter.

Guard 1:  Right, brother of the “influential Lizzy”. Captain has said you can go, but keep away from soldiers, spears and priests.

Sam:  Told ya I’d be outta here! Best of luck, hope to see ya both around (as he exits).

Guard 2:  That’s not likely . Come on you two, you’re off up the hill today

Dan:  (Disbelief) No. Can’t be. No!

Jem:  (Resignation, lowers and shakes his head). I was a fool.

Guard 2:  And you’ll be hanging with royalty today.

Jem:  (Looks up) The Jesus of Nazareth?

Guard 2:  That’s the one. King of the Jew’s to be precise.

Dan:  But I am innocent!

Jem:  Shut up. We got it coming. We aint innocent. No use hiding it any longer. There’s only one innocent man hangin' today. And I think I’ll be proud to die next to an innocent man, who would willingly carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.

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