Read/Discuss: "Saint Joan " by George Bernard Shaw

In our Tuesday play-readings, the text is screen-shared. No experience in reading aloud or advance preparation necessary. We assign roles by scene and try to assign the reading evenly.

(Wiki:) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about the 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc. It is divided into six scenes and a final epilogue.
It was first produced in New York in December 1923 and opened in London three months later.

Written after Joan's canonisation by the Roman Catholic Church, the play depicts her progress from peasant girl to military leader, her subsequent trial for heresy and her execution.

The play reflects Shaw's belief that the people involved in Joan's trial acted according to what they thought was right.

Image is a detail from Jules Bastien-Lepage's painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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