Saint Joan
by Lighthouse Theatre

Mar. 27 - Apr. 05, 2020

Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc. Premiering in 1923, three years after her canonization by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts and decided that the concerned people acted in good faith according to their beliefs. He wrote in his preface to the play:

Michael Holroyd has characterised the play as "a tragedy without villains" and also as Shaw's "only tragedy". John Fielden has discussed further the appropriateness of characterising Saint Joan as a tragedy.

 

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Saint Joan
by George Bernard Shaw
Lighthouse Theatre

Dates estimated (none given; auditions January 25, 2020).