The Reluctant Martyr by Brenda Love Zejdl - Play, Drama, Single Actor - This 10 minute play is inspired by the Jesuit Friedrich SPEE [1591-1635], a professor of logic at Padaborn University, poet, songwriter and author of Precautions for Prosecutors and the Golden Book of Virtues.   In 1630, SPEE was still a young Jesuit acting as confessor to imprisoned witches in Würzburg, Germany.  SPEE is not only disheartened with his inability to stop the hysterical and unjust prosecution of witches but suddenly realizes he has fallen deeply in love with one of the condemned.  Through prayer and self-dialogue, Spee tries to make sense of her death and a confusing number of recent personal tragedies.  His destiny rests on determining whether these events were initiated by God or by the Devil.   11 pages - pdf format

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