_The Pavement, or Paved Court, outside the Roman Citadel in
Jerusalem. At the back is the barrack wall, pierced in the centre
with a double bronze door, weathered to a green color. On the right
and left sides of the stage are battlemented parapets overlooking the
city. The stage or pavement is approached by stone steps from the
front, and by narrow stone staircases in the wings, one on each side,
well forward. These steps are to suggest that the citadel is high up
above the town, and that the main barrack gate is below. _THE CHIEF
CITIZEN, THE RABBLE, JOSEPH, THE MADMAN, HEROD,_ and _THE LOITERERS,_
etc., enter by these steps. _PILATE, PROCULA, LONGINUS, THE
SOLDIERS_ and _SERVANTS_ enter by the bronze doors._