Saint Joan
Subtitle: a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue.
By: By Bernard Shaw.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & company
Published: 1946
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Joan, -- of Arc, Saint, -- 1412-1431 -- Drama
Description: This classic traces the life of Joan of Arc from the time she appears to her regional governor, her visit to the Dauphin (where she is undeceived by his disguise) to the siege of Orleans, coronation at Rheims, trial and recantation, and culminating with her death at the stake. Followed by the famous epilogue regarding her canonization, Shaw explores the themes of faith, nationalism and Protestantism. Called variously "the greatest play in English since Shakespeare" and "beautiful, engrossing, and at times exalting", Shaw's masterpiece remains as vivid and timely to modern audiences as it was scandalous and incendiary in its premiere in 1923.