The Fire that Consumes

For the original French play, see La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (play). For the film, see La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (film). For the book on Christian views of hell, see Edward Fudge.
The Fire that Consumes
La Ville dont le Prince est un enfant
Written by Henry de Montherlant
Vivian A. Cox
Bernard Miles
Place premiered Mermaid Theatre
London, England
Original language French
Subject a Roman Catholic priest is obsessed with one of the boys
Genre Drama
Setting a Catholic boys' school pre-WWII

The Fire that Consumes is an English translation of the 1955 play by French dramatist Henry de Montherlant, La Ville dont le Prince est un enfant. The play was translated by Vivian Cox with Bernard Miles, and staged at the London West End Mermaid Theatre in 1977. The title, literally translated, The City Whose Prince is a Child, is taken from Ecclesiastes 10:16: "Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!"

Summary

A Roman Catholic priest, Abbot Pradts, is obsessed with Sevrais, one of schoolboys and vies for his attention.

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