Joan of Lorraine is a 1946 play - within - a - play by Maxwell Anderson about an acting company who stages a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc , and about the effect that the story has on them .
Joan of Lorraine is a 1946 play - within - a - play by Maxwell Anderson . 
 The play is about an acting company who stages a dramatization of the story of Joan of Arc , and about the effect that the story has on them .