A Masque of Reason

A Masque of Reason

"A Masque of Reason" is a 1945 comedy written by Robert Frost.

Plot

The play is about a man (named Job) and his wife. They are sitting out under a palm tree when a tree, called the Burning Bush or The Christmas Tree, enlightens itself. The man and the woman explain that this tree rustling is God, and he has come to talk to them. It ends up actually being God, and Job goes over and talks to him. God sets up his throne ("a plywood flat, prefabricated" that God pulls upright on its hinges to support him) and talks to Job about his condition (because he was ill). God then says "You are the Emancipator of your God, and as such I promote you a saint". Job is grateful of this title, and then his wife comes along, and tells God about her punishment when she was accused for witchcraft. God says that he is sorry for her and the reason he didn’t do anything about it was because "I didn’t have it down in my book".


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