The first Act of Mark's drama of Jesus' Passion takes place as Jesus encourages his disciples to 'stay awake' for what is about to unfold. The passion proper then begins. Notes of infidelity surround signs of fidelity. Jesus moves into Gethsemane with his key disciples, symbolic representatives of Mark's household leaders. Jesus prays and his disciples don't stay awake. He is betrayed by 'one of the Twelve' and placed under arrest. The Act concludes with his disciples--'all of them', notes Mark--deserting him, and a 'young man' (a symbolic figure of a newly baptised member of Mark's household?) running away naked.

Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South   Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation   can be found here.