She informs him that she has been sent by God to drive the English out of France and crown him king.
Sometime later, Joan reaches the Dauphin at his castle in Chinon, in Touraine. After they leave, the steward rushes in to inform de Baudricourt that the hens have begun to lay eggs again, which de Baudricourt sees as proof that Joan really was sent by God. Joan and her soldiers depart for Chinon to meet with the Dauphin. Reluctantly, De Baudricourt yields to Joan’s demands. She tells him that two soldiers, Bertrand de Poulengey and Monsieur John of Metz, have promised to support and accompany her in her journey. De Baudricourt balks at being ordered around by a young girl, but Joan won’t be refused. She informs De Baudricourt that he must give her a horse, armor, soldiers, and send her to the Dauphin: she is on a mission to raise the siege of Orleans, acting on the word of God as it is conveyed to her through the voices of saints she hears in her head.
Reluctantly, De Baudricourt sends for her: she is Joan of Arc, a simple country girl of 17 or 18 years, dressed in men’s clothing and with a persuasive confidence about her. The steward is convinced that the hens won’t lay eggs until De Baudricourt agrees to see “ The Maid” who called on De Baudricourt two days ago and is still outside, speaking with soldiers and praying as she waits to be seen. Captain Robert de Baudricourt sits at a table and berates his steward for the fact that there are no eggs. Instead he revels in the complexity…a dialectic that’s weighty even as it crackles with wit.Saint Joan begins in 1429 at the castle of Vaucouleurs. “in this 1923 play, written three years after Joan received sainthood, Shaw never goes for the didactic slam-dunk, even when the angels are on his side. “Shaw’s play is about not heavenly triumph but human hypocrisy - how we crush the dreamer under our heel and then memorialize her a point still sharp as Joan’s sword and vivid as the fire that consumed her.” – Vulture Properties Designer – Jessamyn Bateman-Iino Presented in a new, stripped-back staging directed by Mathew Wright, prepare to see Joan’s incendiary life shine brighter than ever. Fiery and timeless, Shaw’s masterpiece shines a fierce light on the limits of an individual in a society dominated by political and religious forces. Tracing the life of Joan of Arc from the siege of Orleans, through her trial and recantation, and culminating with the tragedy that transformed into a legend, Saint Joan is an electrifying portrait of one of history’s most revered and revolutionary lightning rods.
Nobel Prize-winning playwright George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion/My Fair Lady)
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