by Bernard Shaw · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140480054
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«Saint Joan» is Bernard Shaw's play about Joan of Arc, published by Penguin Books in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The play portrays a realistic Joan of Arc, far from the hagiographic account: proud, intolerant, naive and reckless, but always brave. Her rebellion challenges the conventions of her time and pits individual faith against established power. Six scenes and an epilogue raise questions about sainthood, justice and individuality.
Subtitled A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue, this edition is part of the Penguin Plays collection and includes the definitive text, edited by Dan H. Laurence.
For readers interested in twentieth-century classic theatre and historical dramas that revisit the figure of Joan of Arc.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
