Call a def from a string

[DreamingInsanity]

I have a variable called "current" which is the name of the current def you are in. If you lose a life a new def is called. Since rooms are picked at random, I cant just use 'roomname()' to get back to the original room you were in before you lost a life. I need something that assignes current the as the current def name, then calls that variable in the death function like 'current()'.
I have tried this:

import inspect #this a test

def main():
    room1()

def room1():
    global current
    current = inspect.stack()[0].function
    dead()

def dead():
    current()

main()

but I get an error saying 'TypeError: 'str' object is not callable'

Any help on this would be appreciated!
Thanks, Dream.