“The Torture Chamber – or the Confusion of the Troubadour” is a miniature stage drama set in the Middle Ages, in a renowned Torture Chamber. A Troubadour appears, demanding to be burned at the stake for heresy. The Inquisitor quickly makes him realize that what he believed to be heresy is, in fact, no heresy at all.

Soon we meet Dobromił, the Master Executioner, who finds common ground with the Troubadour. The Troubadour makes one last, desperate attempt, but it proves unsuccessful. Moved by the Troubadour’s honesty, the Master Executioner offers him participation in various “promotional campaigns,” while the Inquisitor suggests that he should start writing stage plays—under a pseudonym.

The miniature combines a dramatic setting with irony, subversion, and humor, showing the contrast between the expectations of an individual and the mechanisms of power and institutions. Its stage form—short, dialog-driven, and intimate—allows the focus to remain on situational tension, the twists of fate, and the subtle interplay of characters.