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Saint Joan
A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue
Author: Bernard Shaw
Unabridged: 3 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/28/2010
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Synopsis
Winner of the 2011 Audie Award for Best Audio Drama
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
SoundCommentary.coms The Best of the Best 2010 Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456designated Venerable in 1904declared Blessed in 1908and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable WarriorSaint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.George Bernard ShawWith 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 awardwinning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
SoundCommentary.coms The Best of the Best 2010 Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456designated Venerable in 1904declared Blessed in 1908and finally canonized in 1920. She is the most notable WarriorSaint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.George Bernard ShawWith 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 awardwinning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.