HELLO, JUDAS. DRAMA OF THE LOST APOSTLE IN KAROL HUBERT ROSTWOROWSKI’S “JUDAS OF KARIOTH” Cover Image

„WITAJ, JUDASZU”. DRAMAT ZAGUBIONEGO APOSTOŁA W „JUDASZU Z KARIOTHU” KAROLA HUBERTA ROSTWOROWSKIEGO
HELLO, JUDAS. DRAMA OF THE LOST APOSTLE IN KAROL HUBERT ROSTWOROWSKI’S “JUDAS OF KARIOTH”

Author(s): Stefan Radziszewski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Polish Literature, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Religion
Published by: Kuria Metropolitalna Białostocka
Keywords: traitor; Rostworowski; Judas of Karioth; drama;

Summary/Abstract: Karol Hubert Rostworowski’s drama (1913) was the subject of research by many researchers (Sławińska, Pigoń, Starnawski, Popiel, Kaczmarek). This is an original work, with the brilliant acting of LudwikSolski, in which the author seeks the truth about the apostle of the traitor. Rostworowski does not follow the path of his predecessors, according to which Judas betrays Jesus, because he wants to force him to take up a political struggle, or betray him because he sees in him a competitor in the heart of Mary Magdalene. Rostworowski’s version is a story about a man who was weak and small, and his cowardly heart was unable to raise the message of Jesus of Nazareth. This does not mean that Rostworowski, in spite of the biblical version, rehabilitates Judas. Witnesses against Iskariot are Rachel – his wife, and John the Apostle, who endeavors to save him from the crime. The drama of betrayal closes with the scene of Judas meeting with the apostles in the Cenacle, and therefore Rostworowski has left the events of the Gospel: the kiss of Judas, the donation of silver to priests, the suicide of death. Such “suspension” of the act of betrayal places the reader/viewer in a particular state of waiting in which the question is hidden: And what kind of traitor are you?

  • Issue Year: 37/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-106
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish