J Judith, a Play in Three Acts Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith Arnold Bennett

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Judith, a Play in Three Acts; Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith

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Judith, a play in three acts by Arnold Bennett, is founded on the apocryphal book of Judith and was first published on April 30, 1919. A note says the play was presented for the first time at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, on Monday, April 7th, 1919. The list of characters names Ozias as Governor of Bethulia and Holofernes as General of the Assyrian armies.

Ozias tells Chabris that Bethulia is besieged and, asked who is besieging it, answers Holofernes. Ozias says Nebuchadnezzar has decided to be God and has decreed that all nations and tribes shall call upon him as God. Holofernes asks Judith whether she has escaped out of Bethulia to find water for her thirst, and Judith answers that she came to find water and to have speech with the most illustrious Prince.

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Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist best known for realist fiction set in the Staffordshire Potteries, but also a writer of lively popular thrillers and 'fantasias' like this one.