Saint Joan

Version: Unabridged
Author: Bernard Shaw
Narrator: [No Narrators Added]
Genres: Biographies, Dramatization
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Published In: March 2010
# of Units: 4 CDs
Length: 3 hours, 30 minutes
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Overview

"Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412—burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431—rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456—designated Venerable in 1904—declared Blessed in 1908—and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable Warrior-Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages."—George Bernard Shaw.

With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan at war, not just with British invaders but with realpolitik. This is a masterpiece of the theater of ideas, presented in the most eloquent, vital, human, and moving terms. Blackstone commissioned this production from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.

"St. Joan contains not only some of the playwright's most acerbic writing but also his most poetic."—New York Times

Author Details

Author Details

Shaw, Bernard

Shaw was one of the most prolific writers of the modern theater. He invented the modern comedy of ideas, expounding on social and political problems with a razor-sharp tongue. He won the 1925 Nobel Prize for literature.