The Last Days of Judas Iscariot designed by Andromache Chalfant. James Martin served as a theological adviser. The original West End/European Premiere was at the Almeida Theatre, and was directed by Rupert Goold, and it ran from 28 March to 10 May 2008. The cast included (in order of appearance) Amanda Boxer (Henrietta Iscariot), Doña Croll (Gloria/Mother Teresa), Corey Johnson (Judge/Saint Peter), John Macmillan (Bailiff/Simon the Zealot), Susan Lynch (Fabiana Aziza Cunningham), Mark Lockyer (Yusef El-Fayoumy), Jessika Williams (St Monica), Poppy Miller (Loretta/Sister Glenna/Mary Magdalene), Ron Cephas Jones (Uncle Pino/Pontius Pilate), Shane Attwooll (Butch Honeywell), Joseph Mawle (Judas Iscariot), Josh Cohen (Matthias of Galilee/Freud/St Thomas), Gawn
Judas Iscariot Kroeger, recites the fate of Judas from Matthew 27:5 (King James version) at the episode's conclusion. The 1971 novel "I, Judas" by Taylor Caldwell and Jess Stearn () was one of the first published novels to portray Judas in a more sympathetic light. In Martin Scorsese's 1988 film "The Last Temptation of Christ", based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, Judas Iscariot's only motivation in betraying Jesus to the Romans was to help him accomplish his mission by mutual agreement, making Judas the catalyst for the event later interpreted as bringing about humanity's salvation. In "The Last Days of Judas