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Who Shall Die or Les Bouches inutiles (The Useless Mouths) is the only Drama written by Simone de Beauvoir. The play takes place in 14th Century Vaucelles, a city in Flanders. The Useless Mouths centers around the d’Avesnes' family and their adopted children, Jean-Pierre and Jeanne during the siege against the Burgundians.
"In Who shall die? Simone de Beauvoir examines the horrors plaguing a besieged town when its rulers choose to sacrifice the old, the sick, the children,...
Bouches inutiles is Who Shall Die? This less literal translation than Useless Mouths highlights the central issue of the play, whose action takes place in Vaucelles, a medieval city under siege which is gradually considering the need to sacrifice a certain number of lives among its citizenry in order to survive. In
Beauvoir only wrote one play, Les Bouches Inutiles (Who Shall Die?) which was performed in 1945-the same year of the founding of Les Temps Modernes. Clearly enmeshed in the issues of World War II Europe, the dilemma of this play focuses on who is worth sacrificing for the benefit of the collective.
The 1982 documentary Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die takes its title from the prayer's text. In 1990, Israeli composer Yair Rosenblum composed a new musical setting for the prayer.
This is a smart play that deals with the ethical choices a besieged town is confronted with. Do they sacrifice the old and sick and children and women to feed the soldiers? Or will they remain a unified community? Who decides for who, who shall die? Highly recommend.
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; GOD'S WORD® Translation I alone am the one who comforts you.
