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Mary of Magdala eBook Armando Nascimento Rosa

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With an Introduction by Veronica Goodchild and Essays about Mary Magdalene by Susan Rowland, Nancy Qualls-Corbett, Bradley A. TePaske, Sally Porterfield, António Mercado, and Rosamonde Miller
Inspired by a Provençal legend, playwright Armando Nascimento Rosa also draws upon the apocryphal Gospel of Mary and the Nag Hammadi texts in creating what he calls a “Gnostic fable.” Mary of Magdala takes us to Marseille in 54 C.E., where Mary and her followers run a safe-house for Christians escaping religious persecution. Rosa’s re-creation of the Magdalene legend allows us to experience it in a way that captures both its earthy realism and its transcendent truth. Non-dualistic in spirit and message, it utilizes both comedy and tragedy, as well as modern and ancient theatrical devices, to engage both actor and audience in a transformative, even therapeutic, process. Originally written in Portuguese, this first-ever English translation by Alan Ladd is introduced by Veronica Goodchild and framed by six essays by Jungian analysts and scholars, a theater expert, and a spiritual teacher, as well as a reflection by Rosa himself. The play has been performed in several European countries, and premiered in North America in 2010 in the form of staged readings by the Archetypal Theatre Company, New Orleans, and the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, New York.