Raising of Lazarus - sketch version
This is a sketch-style version of the raising of Lazarus story. As he often does, Bob mixes fun and a deeper point.
You will need six readers at the front, from left to right - Mary, Martha, Lazarus, Jesus, disciples, onlookers - and a narrator off to one side.
Extract from the script:
Narrator: Lazarus was ill.
Lazarus: [Achoo!]
Narrator: No, I mean really ill.
Lazarus: [Bigger Achoo!]
Narrator: No, I mean really, really ill.
Lazarus: [Huge Achoo!]
Narrator: He lived in Bethany. With his sister Martha... [Martha waves.]
Narrator: And his sister Mary, who poured perfume on Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. [Mary points to her hair.]
Narrator: Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus that their brother was ill.
Mary and Martha together: Lord, the one you love is ill.
Lazarus: [Achoo!]
Mary and Martha: No, really ill.
Lazarus: [Bigger Achoo!]...
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