Good Friday: A Play in Verse is a 1914 work by English poet John Masefield.[1] first published in The Fortnightly Review in December 1915.[citation needed]
By 1913 Masefield was best known for his long narrative poem, Dauber,[2] and the St James's Theatre was reviving his play The Witch[3] and Nan.[4]
14 April 1960 saw the broadcast of Hugh Stewart's Home Service production of Good Friday, in which artists William Devlin and Ursula O'Leary, as Pontius Pilate and Procula, perform to the atmospheric sound effects of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's soundware, such as the EMS Synthi 100 and ARP Odyssey l.[5]
Setting the scene following the crucifixion of Jesus in Good Friday, Masefield directs that Pilate should enter "as the darkness reddens to a glare."[5]
References
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/27533389?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
- ^ The English Review (Advertisement). The Times, 3 November 1913, Issue 40359p
- ^ Index, The Times, 30 October 1913, Issue 40356p
- ^ Repertory Season at the St. James's, The Times, 20 November 1913, Issue 40374p
- ^ a b John Masefield Society: Good Friday: A Play in Verse (1916)