Hadrian The Seventh
by Peter Luke
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Readers have mixed feelings about this play. While some appreciate the engaging story and character development, others believe it lacks the charm of its original success. Overall, it receives praise for its interesting twists but critiques for not quite hitting the mark compared to other adaptations.
Synopsis
Contrite priests suddenly bestow Holy Orders on a wretched failure who was expelled from the seminary for lack of a true vocation.
He is soon in Rome with his bishop to elect a new Pope.
The stymied conclave elects the dedicated new priest: Hadrian VII.
The new Pope decides to sell Vatican art treasures to finance feeding the world's poor.
He smokes on the throne and entertains old friends like his landlady and new ones like a seminarian who is having a hard go of it until an assassin puts an end to Hadrian VII.
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Hadrian The Seventh is a British comedy play written by Peter Luke and published by Samuel French in London (1968).
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Samuel French · 1968 · 66 pp
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