Son of Man: A Play

by Dennis Potter

The key to a bold and original approach to the mission, arrest, trial and death of Jesus is the title; Son of Man. He is portrayed as a man agonized by the feeling of divinity within him, and with all a man's capacity for suffering and pain. "Father, let me be just a man," he cries; and, to his disciples. "He (Son of Man) cannot be other than a man, or else God has cheated-- and so my Father in Heaven will abandon me to myself." The play also strongly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057316004X
• ISBN13: 9780573160042
• Release Date: May 1979
• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"