Saint Joan
by George Bernard Shaw
Presented by The Online Stage
According to George Bernard Shaw, Joan of Arc was in fact one of the first Protestant martyrs. She was one of the first apostles of nationalism, and the first French practitioner of Napoleonic realism in warfare. She also refused to accept the specific woman's lot, and dressed and fought and lived as men did.
Shaw's exploration of the story of this ingenuous and eponymous heroine is set in six scenes and an epilogue, which takes place on 1456, when the church cleared Joan of the charge of heresy and condemned her accusers of corruption.
The ghost of Joan appears and, later, an emissary from the year 1920, to announce Joan's canonization.
This production also includes a very condensed version of Shaw's lengthy preface.
Cast:
Narrator and Duchess de la Trémouille - Anna Grace
Robert de Baudricourt, Sentry and Courcelles - Graham Scott
Joan - Amanda Friday
Bertrand, D'Estivet and Gentleman - Jeff Moon
Archbishop and First Assessor - David Stifel
De la Trémouille, John de Stogumber and Executioner - Denis Daly
Steward and Warwick - Alan Weyman
La Hire, Second Assessor and English Soldier - Phil Benson
Bluebeard and Ladvenu - David Shears
Charles (Dauphin) - Tom Saer
Dunois and Third Assessor - Andy Harrington
Cauchon - Peter Tucker
Inquisitor - Noel Badrian
Page - Sarah Bacaller
Audio edited by Denis Daly
(Tags : Saint Joan (Original Recording) George Bernard Shaw Audiobook, George Bernard Shaw Audio CD )
