Le Miracle de Théophile

[1] The play is a religious drama, drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Overcome by remorse, he prays to the Virgin Mary, who delivers him from the cursed pact.

[2] The play refers to the legendary history of St. Theophilus of Adana, who according to traditional saints' legends made a pact with the Devil and repented of it.

This play is the original source of an influential[clarification needed] invocation to the Devil (in an unknown language).

[3] Marcel Proust makes use of the imagery of this play in his novel Swann's Way, while mentioning workers toiling among statues of the main characters.