Masada Revisited III and other Plays

About the Book

This book contains six plays with titles: Masada Revisited III Irresistible Impulse Redemption Isaac and Amanda One Plus One Equals One Hypatia Masada Revisited III contains all of the material contained in two other published plays of the author, with titles Masada Revisited and Masada Revisited II, except for two scenes which contain material of a historical and religious nature. Masada is a site in modern-day Israel near the Dead Sea. It was the last stronghold of the Jews in the Jewish War against the Romans which lasted from 66 AD to 70 AD. According to some versions of history the mountain top fortress, Masada, was able to withstand a Roman siege that lasted for three years until 73 AD when the Romans finally captured the fortress. According to the historian Josephus, when the Romans did finally enter the fortress, all they found were dead bodies, except for two women and five children hiding in a cave. Irresistible Impulse had two earlier published versions with titles Death of a Psychiatrist and Retribution. Hypatia is a play about a real woman who lived in Alexandria Egypt in the later part of the fourth century AD and early part of the fifth century AD. The play is only partly historical.

About the Author

Arthur Ziffer has been writing plays for about thirty years and publishing them for about ten years. He has published eight books of plays (some with only one play in it) and this book will be his ninth. The previous eight are as follows. First was a book containing a play about the mathematician Isaac Newton with title On the Shoulders of Giants. This was coauthored with Herbert Hauptman, the first mathematician to win the Nobel Prize. (John Nash of A Beautiful Mind was the second). He won it in 1985 in chemistry since there is no prize in mathematics. The second book had the title One Act Plays, which contained the plays with titles: Countertransference, One Plus One Equals One, Mothers, Malcolm, and Mal. Mothers can be performed with six women. Malcolm is a monologue for a man. Mal is an analogous monologue for a woman. The third book had the title Two Act Plays, which contained the plays with titles: Redemption and Death of a Psychiatrist. Book number four contained two plays with titles: Countertransference and Retribution. Books number five, seven, and eight have respective titles: Masada Revisited, Masada Revisited II, and Masada Revisited III. All three are plays about the famous incident in Jewish History that occurred in 73 AD at the site in modern day Israel called Masada. Masada Revisited and Masada Revisited II contain more history and religion than Masada Revisited III. Book number six had title Isaac and Amanda. It is also about Isaac Newton and was also coauthored with Herbert Hauptman.