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LINCOLN AND GOD:
THE STAGE PLAY
BY ANTHONY E. GALLO


VIEW ENTIRE PRODUCTION AT GREENBELT ARTS CENTER 2012






















Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. This two-act

drama examines the complex relationship between the Nation’s sixteenth President and his God during

the Civil War. Lincoln’s three -fold messianic intentions during his entire presidency are to remove

the scar of slavery from the sacred Constitution, preserve the Union, and unite the Nation. “I am an

accidental instrument of God’s will. ” And the American people are “God’s almost chosen people.”

And were the incredible oratorical skills of this self-educated man a sign of the Divine Will?


This Messianic fervor however is tempered by the fact that both North and South thought that they were fulfilling that divine Mission. “God wills this contest,’ he often said, implying that the victor in the battle carried God’s favor. Abraham Lincoln says “With my own ability I can not succeed without the sustenance of both Divine Providence and of this great free happy and intelligent people. Without these, I can not succeed, with them I can not fail.” The man at the center of this drama once said “Political sermons from the pulpit and religious speeches from the soap box don’t work for me. No President should wear his religion on his sleeves. No clergy should wear his political beliefs on his robe. “Yet he rarely withheld biblical quotations in his political oratory.


Lincoln’s primary communication with God does not come from reading the Word, hearing the Word, or even Prayer, but instead through the experience. Do you hear the word of God? According to Lincoln “you must let God speak to you through your experience with every deed, dialogue and action you encounter each day. “So then the Bible is worthless” asks Reverend Phineas Gurley. “It is the most important document in the history of humanity, but only when it is read and acted upon. If I can not serve the nation, I would rather be assassinated on the spot”

The play traces his conflict with God through his defeats, triumphs, and tragedies as he heard God in the dialogue and actions of those closest to him. From his arrival in Washington dancing to the Mary Lincoln Polka to the Emancipation Proclamation and Second Inauguration, we follow the president as he clashes with other characters in the cast. He struggles with his moral decisions with Gurley. He falls upon God with the collapse of his beloved wife Mary and death of son Willie. Faithful chief of staff John “Nico” Hay wants him to do the politically and morally right thing. Lincoln must even confront depression, allegations of homosexuality, and séances. The play ends with the congregation and cast (audience) singing the final sermon in Lincoln’s hono

This two-act “black comedy with a little slapstick” is about doubt and faith during the latter days of King Solomon,
long-time ruler of militarily and economically powerful Israel.The legendary monarch, who
holds together a diverse Nation by shrewd domestic and foreign marriages, has lost God’s favor.
He is the laughing stock of the nation because he supposedly can not even see the temple he built
. Foreign countries wait to attack the borders, and the twelve tribes of Israel
are at odds. Division and conflict everywhere! What will become of this world?
Lust, greed, pomposity, seduction, perversion, revenge, betrayal, insanity, deception,
horses, lies, murder,drink, theft, cannabis, idolatry, political instability, and excess
wives play a role. One character thinks all this might be troublesome. Many suggest
that The Last Days of King Solomon makes for a good Midrash.

943: This two-act drama examines forgiveness amidst three conversions. Rome's aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Zolli loses faith following the apparent slaughter of his Polish family during the Holocaust. He receives asylum in the Vatican, where he comes to appreciate Jesus as God suffering for humanity. The Rabbi re-finds faith and converts to Roman Catholicism. This is seen as a betrayal of his spiritual duty and a defection to the age-old enemy. Was his conversion one of conviction or merely gratitude? What does he demand at his baptism that eventually removes a major symbol of discrimination? Like Jonah, in choosing a Christian path to God, the Rabbi is faced with forgiving the slaughtering enemy. How will he meet the challenge? Then the next two conversions are as shocking as the first.

This two act Surrrealisric drama is all about the relationship between America's greatest President and England's greatest playwright. separated only by three centuries and the Atlantic Ocean.

This musical about faith and sin is totally based onthe life of David,

second king of Israel, and pivotal to the two Davidic religions,

Christianity and Judaism.David,once a shepherd boy and now

the mighty King ofIsrael, rules the entire region after being crowned King ofIsrael in 1010 BCE.

He has put together a kingdom againstall odds. Even his

enemies admit that he is God’s chosen.But this providentially endowed military and political genius, poet, spiritual, harpist, sportsman, and dancer is beset by tragedy. This husband of eight carefully chosen wives and father of seventeen children has proven to be a less than satisfactory father and husband, and while called upon to be the first to create a kingdom for God on earth, has incurred wrath. His is a life of faith and struggle reflected by conflicts with his God, political and military enemies, family oforigin, King Saul, wife Micah, and children Amnon, Abijah,Tamar, and Absalom.




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This musical is not well suited for people who hate gossip. Alabout morals, adultery, rumors of adultery, women’s roles in Washington Society, the quasi downfall of the Jackson Administration in the 1830s, infidelity, and the most beautiful woman in Washington history. Through 79 years she goes though three husbands raises even more eyebrows when she marries in her late fifties, and spends her last days reminiscing and defending her morality.

This Surrealistic drama looks at the life of Robert Todd Lincoln, oldest and only surviving son of President Lincoln. We examine Mr, Lincoln's life both as man caught in the mainstream of human tragedy and suffering but who still triumphed to make a contribution to the land he loved so well not as Able Lincoln's son but as Robert Todd Lincoln, statesman and business man.

two act drama about two young AmericansS in Rome and an elite set of aristocrats, known both mockingly and respectfully as the Cabala. They all have wealth and a burning desire to turn back the clock; to reinstate Kings in Europe’s republics, with the Kings divine right to rule A full of witty observations and satire on class, etiquette and the ludicrous pretentions of Europe’s old aristocracies, it also carries a thought provoking philosophy on the nature of religion and Gods. Gods of all sorts come and go and with it the power they give and lose to the followers of that God.

This two-act drama examines the life of Germany's leading theologian of all time. One out of every ten Protestants today is a Lutheran , as is one of out of every 20 Christians And the play asks if he had more in common with Osama Bin Laden than with Jesus of Nazareth. This play is about hate, and ignoring Jesus great commndent: Love your neighbor with your whole heart and soul.

The play is not well suited for people who hate gossip.
This historically based drama two act drama by Antony E. Gallo is all about morals, adultery, rumors of adultery, women’s roles in Washington Society, the quasi downfall of the Jackson Administration in the 1830s, infidelity, and the most beautiful woman in Washington history. Through 79 years she goes though three husbands raises even more eyebrows when she marries in her late fifties, and spends her last days reminiscing and defending her morality.

Some say she was the most beautiful woman in Washington Power’s history. Others say the most immoral. Others say the most abrasive. All agree on one thing. She and her husband, The US secretary of the army, former Army Major, and then Secretary of Defense for Andrew Jackson, created more controversy than any other power couple in power Washington’s Political history. And no one has yet figured out what was the truth.

The daughter of owners of the Franklin Inn in Washington, Margaret O’Neal Timberlake Eaton Buchignani came to know Washington at birth. A stunningly attractivewoman,she becomes a major influence at the White House following death of President Jackson’s beloved Rachel. She marries Senator John Eaton of Tennessee who is about to become the Secretary of the Army. But the Cabinet wives did not like her, and began the "Petticoat Affair."

The play dispels any notion that Washington was once a kinder, gentler city. CHARACTERS

This two-drama examines the complex life of Christianity's second leading theological

architect, superseded e only by Jesus of Nazareth. The play traces Paul’s

condemnations ofthe new Jewish Cult to his role as chief apostle and deathfor

the the new cult he has joined. Saul of Tarsus is Jerusalem’s most prosperous tentmaker. He is a loved and

cherished citizen of Israel and Rome, a Pharisee, a righteous man, a great athlete

runner a lover ofthe law, and an eligible bachelor. He obeys the law.

He is an outstanding citizen. He is charitable. He is patriotic. And he is zealous

in all of these pursuits. Israel is a trouble country under Roman domination. But Pal is respected wherever he goes. He will fight unto death the honor of his Roman Citizenship and Jewish Heritage. He isgenerous to a fault. He is handsome, rugged. Lately his public service is totally dedicated to stamping out a dangerous element in Jewish society, a cult of Judaism founded by a formerly troubled youth named Jesus of Nazareth. These lunatics are followers of a fraudulent megalomaniac who claimed he was God and executed for treason.

Only four bizarre and confused characters appear in this two-act drama about a cruise on a small exclusive cruise ship, The Botticelli, which sails around the east coast of Africa along the warm Indian Ocean. Bernard late forties, is taking his twelfth cruise. Bergthora “Boo” Brodersen, Boo ( , now on her tenth cruise, early forties five times married likes her gin. cognac, scotch, bourbon martinis, but anything will do. And Arthur the accommodating Somali waiter is very obliging toward both. They seem to like him too. Bernard proclaims he’s more than one person. She enjoys being on deck and reading her favorite novelist and philosophic guru, J. B. Roehard. Bernard likes her legs. Arthur seems secretive. They cruise toward dangerous ports facing revolutions, terrorists, and pirates. All rumors of course. And then there is that Captain Botticelli