Help me find the name of a play

October 2, 2014 4:35 PM

The play was set in a village in France, I think. One of the main characters was like an inquisitor for rationalism (possibly this was supposed to be set during the French revolution). I think there were some magical happenings in the village and so the inquisitor was trying to find a rational explanation for everything. The play was in English, but conceivably had been translated. That's all I've got. Is it enough for the hive mind to help me find the name of this play?
posted by sedna17 to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Are you maybe thinking of one of the stage adaptations of The Devils of Loudun?
posted by Thing at 6:02 PM on October 2, 2014

Response by poster: Hmmmm... thanks, I don't think so, Thing. The performance was with high-school actors (so unless it was a highly modified adaptation...). I remember it being philosophical and not as much about sex as about mysticism.
posted by sedna17 at 6:31 PM on October 2, 2014

Perhaps The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov?
posted by Melismata at 7:59 PM on October 2, 2014

Sounds vaguely Ionesco-y. Eugene Ionesco was Romanian, wrote in French, and his plays have been translated into English. I can see how the existential edge to his work would appeal to high school drama types. You might read through the plot summaries of his short plays to see if any of them ring any further bells.
posted by GoLikeHellMachine at 8:50 PM on October 2, 2014

Best answer: Jean Giraudoux's "The Enchanted" (aka "Intermezzo")?
posted by neroli at 9:07 PM on October 2, 2014

Saint Joan?
posted by phoenixy at 9:51 PM on October 2, 2014

Response by poster: Brilliant! The Enchanted it was!
posted by sedna17 at 5:51 AM on October 3, 2014