Veil

Veronica. The young woman who reputedly made her way through the crowds lining the way to Calvary and wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth. Later, she found the facial image of the Nazarene embedded on it.
Traditional? Indeed. Devotional? Doubtless. But without foundation in Scripture.

Was there such a person? Unlikely. Her very name – True Image - Vera from the Latin, Icon from the Greek – suggests a fiction.
But popular devotion – and mankind’s basic urge to reach out to the Suffering Saviour, offer Him some gesture of solace, however inadequate, along the Via Crucis – ensures that the legend of Veronica lives on to this day.

So… I placed her in the context of a family unit in Jerusalem at that time, began to stir the ingredients!
Her mother, Ruth, a good living, hard working jewess.
Her father, Azarias, a cleric, legalist, member of the Sanhedrin.
Her brother, Misach, diabolically possessed, who speaks not a coherent word right the way through the drama until the climax.
Her suitor, Benjamin, an impulsive young man with leanings towards the Zealots.
Sadoc, another member of the Sanhedrin who seeks to manipulate Azarias at an opportune moment…

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Veil

Veronica. The young woman who reputedly made her way through the crowds lining the way to Calvary and wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth. Later, she found the facial image of the Nazarene embedded on it.
Traditional? Indeed. Devotional? Doubtless. But without foundation in Scripture.

Was there such a person? Unlikely. Her very name – True Image - Vera from the Latin, Icon from the Greek – suggests a fiction.
But popular devotion – and mankind’s basic urge to reach out to the Suffering Saviour, offer Him some gesture of solace, however inadequate, along the Via Crucis – ensures that the legend of Veronica lives on to this day.

So… I placed her in the context of a family unit in Jerusalem at that time, began to stir the ingredients!
Her mother, Ruth, a good living, hard working jewess.
Her father, Azarias, a cleric, legalist, member of the Sanhedrin.
Her brother, Misach, diabolically possessed, who speaks not a coherent word right the way through the drama until the climax.
Her suitor, Benjamin, an impulsive young man with leanings towards the Zealots.
Sadoc, another member of the Sanhedrin who seeks to manipulate Azarias at an opportune moment…

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by Sean Walsh
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Overview

Veronica. The young woman who reputedly made her way through the crowds lining the way to Calvary and wiped the face of Jesus with a cloth. Later, she found the facial image of the Nazarene embedded on it.
Traditional? Indeed. Devotional? Doubtless. But without foundation in Scripture.

Was there such a person? Unlikely. Her very name – True Image - Vera from the Latin, Icon from the Greek – suggests a fiction.
But popular devotion – and mankind’s basic urge to reach out to the Suffering Saviour, offer Him some gesture of solace, however inadequate, along the Via Crucis – ensures that the legend of Veronica lives on to this day.

So… I placed her in the context of a family unit in Jerusalem at that time, began to stir the ingredients!
Her mother, Ruth, a good living, hard working jewess.
Her father, Azarias, a cleric, legalist, member of the Sanhedrin.
Her brother, Misach, diabolically possessed, who speaks not a coherent word right the way through the drama until the climax.
Her suitor, Benjamin, an impulsive young man with leanings towards the Zealots.
Sadoc, another member of the Sanhedrin who seeks to manipulate Azarias at an opportune moment…

Product Details

BN ID: 2940163463848
Publisher: Sean Walsh
Publication date: 02/03/2020
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

I've worked and lived in communications all my life: journalist, subeditor, editor, actor, director, producer - here in Ireland and abroad. I fell in love with Hiberno-English a long time ago - English as it is spoken and written in my country - and have been in love with it ever since. I love the challenge of pen and blank paper: creating characters, storylines, drama. I love the wind and the sea and the mountains, fresh air and green grass and the sun on my back (I play a mean game of golf) - all of which I have around me... Not to mention the warm humour that wells up from a big heart. If I may share with you some of the gems that have influenced me down the years; I've tried to abide by them but didn't always succeed! "You make your way by taking it... "It does not just happen, you have to make it happen... "Sometimes in stooping down to pick up two pennies one can lose a fortune..." Interests Friendship - when it is not possessive, controlling... Quiet. Silence - a positive value completely overlooked by many today... Reading - carefully judged. If I'm not hooked by the first sequence - the first paragraph - I won't read any further... Trying, day in day out, not to spill any more milk... and to stop crying over milk already spilt. Not suffering fools gladly... Analysing Casablanca, frame for frame, line by line... (TBC...) Publications My scripts have been broadcast on RTE, Radio One, BBC 4 and, in translation, on European networks; televised on RTE One, BBC One and Channel 4; staged at the Peacock by the Abbey National Theatre, at the Project, the Eblana, the Liverpool Playhouse and on the London Fringe… Credits include The Night of the Rouser. Earwig. The Dreamers. Fugitive. Veil. Penny for Your Travels. Far Side of the Moon. Three for Calvary. Jenny One, Two, Three… The Circus. Centre Circle. Where Do We Go from Here, My Lovely? At The Praetorium. Conclave. Assault on a Citadel. Has conducted many workshops on Creative/Script Writing in Dublin and at various centres around Ireland. Favourite authors A D Sertillanges. John Henry Newman. Waugh. Greene. Hemingway. Hans Kung. Likes Good conversation. The company of my fellow searchers... Con pane... meaning, with bread... hence company... Dislikes Arrogant, self-opinionated prigs... Controlling, bullying clerics... Favourite Quote "I passionately hate the idea of being with it. I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time." (Orson Welles (1915 - 1985))

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