Set in the Spain of 1680, a time of torture and interrogation by the Grand Inquisitor. A young man appears that is healing the sick and raising the dead. There are rumours that he might be the second coming of the Messiah. He is brought before the Grand Inquisitor. Though questioned and tortured, he chooses to remain silent.
Acting
Jacobi's Inquisitor: velvet voice, iron fist, absolutely unhinged
Writing
Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor chapter, finally done justice
Production
50-minute runtime proves brevity is the soul of dread
Director
Betsan Morris Evans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Dostoevsky's chapter from 'The Brothers Karamazov,' which itself was inspired by an earlier French play. Adaptation-ception.
The 50-minute runtime mirrors the structure of classic one-act Inquisition dramas from the 1960s BBC tradition—this was actually commissioned for a religious anthology series that got cancelled.
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