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The Devil and the Good Lord (French: Le Diable et le Bon Dieu) is a 1951 play by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The play concerns the moral choices of its characters warlord Goetz clergy Heinrich communist leader Nasti and others during the German Peasants’ War. The first act follows Goetz’ transformation from vicious war criminal to a good person of noble deeds as during a siege of the town of Worms he decides not to massacre its citizens.