![]() ![]() Joan contains not only some of the playwright’s most acerbic writing but also his most poetic.” - New York Times "I think I liked Shaw's lengthy 1924 preface at least as much as the play! The preface provides a biography of Joan of Arc, explains Shaw's opinions on similar works, and contributes enormously to the understanding of the short play." Blackstone commissioned this production from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear. This is a masterpiece of the theater of ideas, presented in the most eloquent, vital, human, and moving terms. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc but unhappy with “the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition,” he presents a realistic Joan at war not just with British invaders but with realpolitik. ![]() With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. She is the most notable Warrior-Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.”-George Bernard Shaw “Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412-burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431-rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456-designated Venerable in 1904-declared Blessed in 1908-and finally canonized in 1920. ![]()
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