Thermidor (play)

Thermidor is a four-act dramatic play by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou.

The play is one of seven Sardou plays set during the French Revolution, in this case the revolt of 27 July 1794 known as the Thermidorian Reaction. The plot follows a young actor, Labussière (based on a historical person), who infiltrates the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety and saves its potential victims by destroying their files.