Dear Judas (by Robinson Jeffers; produced by Michael Myerberg) offended the piouswhen tried out last summerby laying irreverent hands on a Bible story. It could hardly, however, be as sacrilegious as it is soporific. What Robinson Jeffers wrote in Dear Judas was simply a dramatic poem; putting it on the stage does nothing whatever to turn it into a play.
As interpretation, Dear Judas is provocative enough. It portrays a Judas who loves Jesus but finds Him grown too fond of power. This Judas betrays Jesusin the belief that He will only be jailed for a day or twoto avert His later...
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