St. Joan National Theatre

St Joan
The National Theatre 2007
Writer: George Bernard Shaw
Director: Marianne Elliot
At the National Theatre 2007


“The design was a simple raised platform of burnt wood surrounded by broken and blasted trees. There were tiny candles lit inside the trees in the Cathedral which slowly went out throughout the scene leaving Joan darker and more isolated as her situation became more hopeless”



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“It is intellectually vigorous, visually exciting and boasts a glowing performance from Anne-Marie Duff.”

The Guardian 2007