The Apocrypha is a set of books that were taken out of the canon of the Protestant Bible, but are retained in the Roman Catholic canon.

According to Mr Wilson, the most likely reason why the book of Judith was taken out of the Protestant Bible is because Judith really represents one of the strongest hero-figures in the Bible, and the Protestant canon was established by men in an age where women were supposed to take second place.

The Book of Judith is about a fabulously wealthy widow, who delivers a city out of the hands of  King Nebuchadnezzar's Army, by a cunning ploy, while remaining faithful to her God.

Mr Wilson's play, The Judith Code, is not set in Old Testament times, however.

It is set in the present-day, just as a new wave of terrorism has struck America and the West.

The Nebak-Ad-Nizzar Group boasts they act for all Muslim freedom fighters. Their targets are the multi-national superstores, which have come under attack from suicide bombers, and thousands of people have been killed and maimed. Only the largest and most successful of the superstores, 'Judith's,' has been spared. Why? And who is Judith, the mysterious owner whom no one has seen?

As the drama unfolds we meet Judith who reveals herself as a devout widowed Christian Jew. She eventually makes an unconventional stand against the terrorist general, Holofernes, who reveals himself as her 'lost' teenage lover.

The play is being published by New Theatre Publications in London who gave it the highest marking of any play they ever looked at. It will be shown at St George's Anglican Church Hall on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 October, and also on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 27, 28, and 29 October.

Speaking about the play, Mr Wilson said, "It's the best thing I've ever done. I wrote it with a journalist who lives in Houston called Dody Denman who also helped me write another play, 'Magna Carter,' which has been performed internationally."

christopher@caymannetnews