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| The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod) | |
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| Original title | Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649 |
| Written by | Elie Wiesel |
| Characters | Mendel Avrémel Yankel Berish Hanna Maria Priest Sam, the Stranger |
| Original language | French (Translated into English by Marion Wiesel) |
| Genre | Drama Purimshpiel |
| Setting | The fictional village of Shamgorod in 1649, after a pogrom |
The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod) (Le procès de Shamgorod tel qu'il se déroula le 25 février 1649, first published in English in 1979 by Random House) is a play by Elie Wiesel about a fictional trial ("Din-Toïre",[1] or דין תּורה) calling God as the defendant. Though the setting itself is fictional, and the play's notes indicate that it "should be performed as a tragic farce",[2] he based the story on events he witnessed first-hand as a teenager in Auschwitz.[3] The play was reimagined for television in God on Trial by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
- ^ The Trial of God, p. 54
- ^ The Trial of God, p. xxv
- ^ Wiesel: Yes, we really did put God on trial. The JC, 19/9/2008. Accessed 7 July 2023.