DRAMA SCRIPT & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Dialogue – Mary and Mary Magdalene

Mary: Oh hello! Mary! Mary! Come and say hello to everyone!

Mary M: What’s that, Mary? Oh, hello, everyone! My name is Mary.

Mary: And so is mine.

Mary M: Sometimes I’m called Mary Magdalene.

Mary: You might have met another Mary here; she was Jesus’ mother.

Mary M: There are so many people called Mary, aren’t there, Mary?

Mary: Yes, Mary. It can get quite confusing.

Mary M: Well, we have a confusing story to tell you, don’t we, Mary?

Mary: Confusing, but exciting and, I think, very important.

Mary M: Yes, Mary. Very important. Do you want to start?

Mary: Thank you, Mary, I do. Now, Divers, you’ve heard some stories about Jesus already, haven’t you?

Well, this is the worst and the best story about Jesus. You see, there were lots of people who loved Jesus,

people like me and Mary here. He had done some amazing things and told us some wonderful things.

But there were some people who didn’t like Jesus. They were important people – people who thought they knew everything about God and his Laws. They didn’t like the fact that Jesus was popular. They didn’t like the fact that Jesus knew more than they did. They didn’t like the fact that Jesus said he was the Son of God.

Mary M: But he is the Son of God, Mary.

Mary: Yes, Mary, he is. And these important people didn’t like it. They didn’t like Jesus for lots of reasons

– because he was changing things, because they were losing the power they had over the people, because

they thought they knew more about God than anyone.

So, these people plotted against Jesus. They

persuaded one of Jesus’ group of followers, a man called Judas, to betray Jesus.

They arrested Jesus and told the man in charge of Jerusalem, the Roman governor called Pilate, that

Jesus had done terrible things.

Mary M: But he didn’t do terrible things, Mary.

Mary: No, he didn’t, Mary. And Pilate knew it was all lies. But he was worried. The important people had

told lies all over Jerusalem. They were causing chaos and now there was a big crowd shouting and screaming. He thought there was going to be a

riot. And so he decided that Jesus should be put to death.

Mary M: Oh, Mary, it was awful!

Mary: Yes, Mary. I was so sad and upset. Some soldiers took Jesus away. They beat him and made fun of him. Then they led him to a place outside the city walls and they nailed him to a cross.

Mary M: Look at this, Mary. (She picks up the driftwood cross.) This looks a bit like the cross the soldiers used.

Mary: (Sadly taking it from her.) Ah yes, Mary, it does. (They both sigh and pause.) When Jesus was on the cross, all Jesus’ group of followers ran away, but we couldn’t leave, could we, Mary?

Mary M: No, Mary. We stayed with Jesus.

Mary: Well, Jesus died. (She pauses.) One of our friends called Joseph got permission to take him down from

the cross. We carried his body to a tomb that Joseph owned, put him inside and then rolled a huge stone

across the entrance.

Mary M: Mary, you said that this story was the worst and the best story about Jesus. We’ve told the Divers

the worst part. Surely it’s time for the best part?

Mary: All right, Mary, I’m getting to it! Well, it was a bit of a rush putting Jesus into the tomb, and we weren’t

able to come back until two days later. So, I and Mary here went back to prepare Jesus’ body properly. We

had taken some spices to make him smell beautiful. (She notices the old jar where Flotsam and Jetsam left

it.) Oh, this was like the jar my spices were in!

Mary M: Oh yes, Mary, mine too! (She smells the jar and wrinkles her nose.) Mm, but my jar smelled different from that. This one has a whiff of the sea, Mary.

Mary: (Smelling the jar.) Yes, Mary. This smells more like seaweed. Well, as soon as we got to the tomb with our

spices, there was an earthquake!

Mary M: Everything was shaking, Mary. I was terrified!

Mary: So was I, Mary! And that wasn’t the only scary thing. Suddenly an angel appeared, bright and shining

and brilliant. The soldiers guarding the tomb fainted! The angel said to us, ‘Don’t be afraid! I know you’re

looking for Jesus. He isn’t here. God has made him come alive again. Go and tell Jesus’ friends that he is alive!’

We looked into the tomb and it was empty! So we set off, scared and happy at the same time, to tell Jesus’

group of followers what we had seen. And then we met him, didn’t we, Mary?

Mary M: Yes, Mary. We met Jesus. And he was alive!