Editing Wandering Jew (section)

==Portrayal in popular media==
===Stage===

[[Fromental Halévy]]'s opera ''[[Le Juif errant (opera)|Le Juif errant]]'', based on the novel by [[Eugène Sue|Sue]], was premiered at the [[Paris Opera]] ([[Salle Le Peletier]]) on 23 April 1852, and had 48 further performances over two seasons. The music was sufficiently popular to generate a ''Wandering Jew [[Mazurka]]'', a ''Wandering Jew [[Waltz]]'', and a ''Wandering Jew [[Polka]]''.{{sfn|Anderson|1991|p=259}}

A Hebrew-language play titled ''The Eternal Jew'' premiered at the Moscow [[Habimah Theatre]] in 1919 and was performed at the Habima Theatre in New York in 1926.<ref name="Nahshon2008">{{cite book|last=Nahshon|first=Edna|authorlink=Edna Nahshon |title=Jews and shoes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx--Mja-DJUC&pg=PA143|access-date=13 December 2011|date=15 September 2008|publisher=Berg|isbn=978-1-84788-050-5|page=143}}</ref>

[[Donald Wolfit]] made his debut as the Wandering Jew in a stage adaptation in London in 1924.<ref>[[Ronald Harwood|Harwood, Ronald]], [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36992 "Wolfit, Sir Donald (1902–1968)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 14 July 2009</ref> The play ''Spikenard'' (1930) by [[C. E. Lawrence]], has the Jew wander an uninhabited Earth along with [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] and the [[Impenitent thief]].<ref name="bs" /> [[Glen Berger]]'s 2001 play ''[[Underneath the Lintel]]'' is a monologue by a Dutch librarian who delves into the history of a book that is returned 113 years overdue and becomes convinced that the borrower was the Wandering Jew.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alley Theatre |url=http://www.AlleyTheatre.org/Alley/Underneath_the_Lintel_EN.asp?SnID=504862558 |title=Underneath the Lintel |publisher=Alley Theatre |date=2008-08-08 |access-date=2010-10-11}}</ref>

===Film===

There have been several films on the topic of ''The Wandering Jew'':
* 1904 silent film called ''Le Juif Errant'' by [[Georges Méliès]]<ref>{{Cite AV media| publisher=Star Film Company| people=Georges Méliès (Director)| title=Le Juif Errant| access-date=2018-05-13| date=1904| url=https://archive.org/details/LeJuifErrant}}</ref>
* 1923 saw ''[[The Wandering Jew (1923 film)|The Wandering Jew]]'', a British [[silent film]] by [[Maurice Elvey]] from the basis of [[E. Temple Thurston]]'s play, starring [[Matheson Lang]]. The play had been produced both in Twickenham, [[London]] and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1921, the latter co-produced by [[David Belasco]]. The play, as well as the two films based upon it, attempts to tell the legend literally, taking the Jew from [[Biblical]] times to the [[Spanish Inquisition]].
* Elvey also directed the sound remake ''[[The Wandering Jew (1933 film)|The Wandering Jew]]'' (1933), with [[Conrad Veidt]] in the title role; the film was so popular it broke box office records at the time.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Film Daily|date=24 January 1935|publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.|page=242|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily67wids#page/n241/mode/2up/search/%2238+years%22|access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref>
* In 1933, the Jewish Talking Picture Company released a [[Yiddish]]-language film entitled ''The Eternal Jew''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FILMS A to Z |url=https://jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/filmsaz.htm |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=jewishfilm.org}}</ref>
* In 1940, a propaganda pseudo-documentary film was made in [[Nazi Germany]] entitled ''[[The Eternal Jew (film)|Der ewige Jude]]'' (''The Eternal Jew''), reflecting [[Nazism]]'s [[antisemitism]], linking the legend with alleged Jewish malpractices over the ages.
* Another film version of the story, made in Italy in 1948, starred [[Vittorio Gassman]].
* In 1986 film ''[[Prison Ship|Prison Ship: Star Slammer - The Escape - Adventures of Taura, Part 1]]'', it begins with the wandering priest ''Zaal'', obviously appearing like the Wandering Jew who gets killed by fascist bounty hunters.
* In 1988 film ''[[The Seventh Sign]]'' the Wandering Jew appears as Father Lucci, who identifies himself as the centuries-old Cartaphilus, [[Pontius Pilate|Pilate's]] porter, who took part in the scourging of [[Jesus]] before his crucifixion.
*The 1993 film ''[[Needful Things (film)|Needful Things]]'', based on the 1991 novel [[Needful Things|of the same name]] by [[Stephen King]], has elements of the Wandering Jew legend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sf-encyclopedia.uk/fe.php?nm=needful_things|title = SF Encyclopedia Editorial Home}}</ref>
* The 2000 [[horror film]] ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' and its sequels equate the Wandering Jew with [[Judas Iscariot]].
* A 2007 science fiction film ''[[The Man from Earth]]'' is similar to the Wandering Jew story in many aspects.
* The 2009 film ''[[An Education]]'' described both Graham and David Goldman this way, though [[Lynn Barber]]'s original memoirs it was based on did not.

===Television===
* In the third episode of the first season of [[The Librarians (2014 TV series)|''The Librarians'']], the character Jenkins mentions the Wandering Jew as an "immortal creature that can be injured, but never killed".
* In the [[Fargo (Season 3)|third season]] of the FX series [[Fargo (TV series)|''Fargo'']], a character named Paul Murrane (played by [[Ray Wise]]) appears to three major characters. He acts as a source of counsel to two of them (one of whom he provides a chance at redemption), while forcing the third to confront his past involvement in numerous killings. Though the character is widely believed to represent the Wandering Jew, the name is associated with a historical mistake: it is an anglicized version of ''Paolo Marana'' (Giovanni Paolo Marana allegedly authored ''Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy'' whose second volume features the Wandering Jew), rather than a known alias of the legendary figure.
* In the Japanese manga and accompanying anime series ''[[The Ancient Magus' Bride]]'', the Wandering Jew is represented in the antagonist of Cartaphilus. In his search to end his eternal suffering, Cartaphilus serves as a nuisance to the progression of Chise's training.
* In the television series ''[[Peaky Blinders (TV series)|Peaky Blinders]]'', Jewish gangster [[Alfie Solomons]] (played by [[Tom Hardy]]), described himself as "The Wandering Jew".
* In "Lagrimas", an episode of the second season of ''[[Witchblade]]'', he is portrayed by [[Jeffrey Donovan]] as a mysterious drifter who develops a romantic relationship with protagonist [[Sara Pezzini]]. His true identity is later revealed to be the cursed Roman soldier Cartaphilus, who hopes the Witchblade can finally bring an end to his suffering.
* In the television series [[Rawhide (TV series)|''Rawhide'']] the Wandering Jew features in the episode "Incident of the Wanderer" ([[List of Rawhide episodes#Season 6 (1963–64)|Season 6]], episode 21).<ref>{{cite web |title=Rawhide 'Incident of the Wanderer' (TV Episode 1964) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0683120/?ref_=ttep_ep21 |website=IMDb |access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
* In the television adaptation of ''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]'', in reference to a meeting of the characters Morpheus and [[Hob Gadling]], Johanna Constantine remarks on a rumor that the Devil (Morpheus) and the Wandering Jew (Hob) meet once every hundred years in a tavern.

===Comics===

In [[Arak (character)|Arak]]: Son of Thunder issue 8, the titular character encounters the Wandering Jew. Arak intervenes on behalf of a mysterious Jewish man who is about to be stoned by the people of a village. Later on, that same individual serves as a guide through the Catacombs of Rome as they seek out the lair of the Black Pope, who holds Arak's allies hostage. His name is given as Josephus and he tells Arak that he is condemned to wander the Earth after mocking Christ en route to the crucifixion.<ref>{{cite comic| writer=[[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]] |cowriters=Gerry Conway, Mike W. Barr |penciller=Aparo, Jim |inker= Colon, Ernie |story= A Dark, Unlighted Place...|title=Arak: Son of Thunder |volume= 1|issue= 8|date= March 1982}}</ref>

The [[DC Comics]] character [[Phantom Stranger]], a mysterious hero with paranormal abilities, was given four possible origins in an issue of ''[[Secret Origins]]'' with one of them identifying him as the Wandering Jew. He now dedicates his time to helping mankind, even declining a later offer from God to release him from his penance.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Mike W. Barr|Barr, Mike W.]] |penciller=Aparo, Jim|inker= Aparo, Jim |story=Tarry Till I Come Again |title=Secret Origins|volume= 2|issue= 10 |date=January 1987}}</ref>

In [[Kim Deitch|Deitch's]] ''A Shroud for Waldo'', serialized in weekly papers such as ''[[New York Press]]'' and released in book form by [[Fantagraphics]], the hospital attendant who revives Waldo as a hulking demon so he can destroy the AntiChrist, is none other than the Wandering Jew. For carrying out this mission, he is awarded a normal life and, it is implied, marries the woman he just rescued. Waldo, having reverted to cartoon cat form, is also rewarded, finding it in a freight car.

In Neil Gaiman's ''[[The Sandman (comic book)|The Sandman]]'' comic series, the character Hob Gadling represents the archetypal Wandering Jew.

In Kore Yamazaki's manga ''[[The Ancient Magus' Bride]]'', the character Cartaphilus, also known as Joseph, is a mysterious being that looks like a young boy, but is much older. He is dubbed "The Wandering Jew" and is said to have been cursed with immortality for throwing a rock at the Son of God. It is later revealed that Joseph and Cartaphilus used to be two different people until Joseph fused with Cartaphilus in an attempt to remove his curse, only to become cursed himself.

In chapter 24 (titled "Immortality") of Katsuhisa Kigitsu's manga "Franken Fran", the main character Fran discovers a man who can't die. Once the man is allowed to write he reveals he is in fact The Wandering Jew.

In "Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation Series" by Masao Yajima and Boichi, the main character has multiple encounters with a man who is seeking to die but unable to. Initially called Mr Snow, he later reveals his identity as The Wandering Jew.

In the [[WildStorm|Wildstorm comic book universe]], a man named Manny Weiss is revealed to be The Wandering Jew. He is one of a handful of sentient beings still alive billions of years in the future to witness [[Heat death of the universe|the heat death of the universe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callahan |first=Tim |date=2012-07-09 |title=The Great Alan Moore Reread: Mr. Majestic, Voodoo, and Deathblow |url=https://www.tor.com/2012/07/09/the-great-alan-moore-reread-mr-majestic-voodoo-and-deathblow/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US}}</ref>