Dialogues of the Carmelites

Dialogues of the Carmelites was written by French novelist Georges Bernanos (1888-1948). A French play based on a film scenario which Bernanos had made of a story by Gertrude von Le Fort, portraying the sufferings and ultimate death on the guillotine of 16 Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution.

The original text
Dialogues des Carmélites (1947).

Translations and adaptations
The text of the play was translated into English as The Chosen of God by Donald Inskip.

Performance history in South Africa
1955: Produced at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, by Fred Engelen.

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