The Devils
by John Robert Whiting, John Whiting, Aldous Huxley
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play. While some appreciate its thought-provoking nature and the potential for powerful staging, others find it lacking in excitement and relevance. The adaptation of Huxley's work seems to divide opinions, with some calling it uninteresting and outdated. Overall, the play evokes strong themes but may not fully engage its audience.
Synopsis
The nuns of St Ursula's Convent, led by the Prioress, Sister Jeanne, accused Urbain Grandier, Vicar of Loudon, of sorcery.
He was tried, tortured and burned.
On this baldly terrible foundation, Whiting has built a powerful, complex play, interweaving the personal dilemmas of Jeanne and Grandier with the political necessities of the time.
Although it is set between 1623-34, essentially it is no more a period play than Miller's The Crucible.6 women, 13 men
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The Devils is a British play written by John Robert Whiting and published by University of California in London (1961).
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University of California · 1961 · 88 pp
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