Category: Book Saint Joan

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw St Joan is a 1923 play by prolific Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. The play, one of 60 he wrote, is based, unusually for him, upon historical events, has 6 scenes plus an epilogue and when performed in full runs to about 4 hours, which is very long by…

The play starts in the castle of one of the French commanders, Captain Robert de Baudricourt. It is spring of 1429. We see the owner of the castle lecturing his servant, because he wasn’t able to serve eggs for breakfast. De Baudricourt is sure that someone stole hens and cows, because there is no milk…