Nawrócona jawnogrzesznica oraz przeniewierca – Maria Magdalena i Judasz w dramacie biblijnym Krystyna Ostrowskiego
Nawrócona jawnogrzesznica oraz przeniewierca – Maria Magdalena i Judasz w dramacie biblijnym Krystyna Ostrowskiego

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article recalls a forgotten Biblical drama by Krystyn Ostrowski, concentrating on two characters constituting the centre of the scenic microcosm – Mary Magdalene and Judas. Analyzing appropriate fragments of the work, she points out creative modifications of evangelic threads. In his work, Krystyn Ostrowski broadens the Biblical perspective by aspects which had earlier been nonexistent in the tradition – for example, he shows some events from Mary Magdalene’s perspective and makes a characteristic shift: he puts the repentant woman almost in the centre of the mysteries of the Passion. Mary Magdalene is therefore shown as an apostle, a hermit, a bride of Jesus, a witness of His resurrection, as well as a woman receiving the grace of salvation. The playwright gives his characters personality traits their evangelic prototypes did not have. In his approach, Judas cannot be perceived only in connection with his betrayal. Ostrowski essentially preserves the evangelic message, frequently condensing the Biblical meanings, senses and Biblical references, as well as placing accents differently. Thus emerges a more complex, multi-dimensional picture.

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