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The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen (tr. Manheim/Sauerlander)

Full-Length Play  /  9w, 25m

Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim, Wolfgang Sauerlander

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The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen (tr. Manheim/Sauerlander)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 25m

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Summary

Brecht's play is an adaptation of a radio play by Anna Seghers based on the original records of the trial of Joan of Arc. The play emphasises the destruction of Joan as a common interest to both the occupying power and and the collaborationist clergy, and the clash of interests between them. 

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  • Setting

    Interior and exterior settings

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Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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