A Wise Man has argued his pupils out of belief in God, heaven and the soul. Then an Angel appears and tells him he will die when the sand in his hour-glass runs out, and that he can be saved only if he finds a single person who still believes. Teigue the fool may be the one who matters.
A short morality play by Yeats, written for the Irish dramatic revival and easily read at one sitting. Download the free EPUB.