Noun
French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
Source: WordNetPernoud and Clin, p. 112. In the twentieth century George Bernard Shaw found this dialogue so compelling that sections of his play Saint Joan are literal translations of the trial record. Source: Internet
He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). Source: Internet
The second Chichester season the following year consisted of a revival of Uncle Vanya and two new productions—Shaw's Saint Joan and John Arden 's The Workhouse Donkey. Source: Internet
It was enthusiastically received there,sfn and at its London premiere the following March.sfn In Weintraub's phrase, "even the Nobel prize committee could no longer ignore Shaw after Saint Joan". Source: Internet