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Saint Joan
by Bernard Shaw
E-trailer features Anne-Marie Duff, Paterson Joseph, Oliver Ford Davies, Michael Camp and Eke Chukwu. With music by Jocelyn Pook.
Winner: Best Revival, Best Sound Design
Laurence Olivier Awards 2008
The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
A country girl in her late teens declares her bloody mission to drive the English from France and to crown the reluctant Dauphin as King. With staggering confidence, she takes command of the army and conducts a brutal campaign that leads to Charles VII's coronation. But as one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe. Within one year she is burnt at the stake.
She is inspired, but diabolically inspired.
Anne-Marie Duff plays Joan.
From 4 July 2007
Cast credits:
Ladvenu : Jamie Ballard
Tremouille : James Barriscale
Courcelles : Simon Bubb
La Hire : Finn Caldwell
Ensemble : Michael Camp
Ensemble : Eke Chukwu
Dunois : Christopher Colquhoun
The Inquisitor : Oliver Ford Davies
Joan : Anne-Marie Duff
Archbishop of Reims : James Hayes
The Executioner : Jonathan Jaynes
Cauchon : Paterson Joseph
Bluebeard : Gareth Kennerley
Understudy Joan : Polly Lister
Ensemble : Simon Markey
Baudricort : Brendan O'Hea
D'estivet : William Osborne
The Dauphin : Paul Ready
Ensemble : David Ricardo-Pearce
Stogumber : Michael Thomas
The Page : Luke Treadaway
Poulengey : Ross Waiton
Warwick : Angus Wright
Production credits:
Director: Marianne Elliott
Designer: Rae Smith
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Choreographer: Hofesh Shechter
Sound Designer: Paul Arditti
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Music Director: Harvey Brough
photo of Anne-Marie Duff by Kevin Cummins
Saint Joan finished on: 25 September 2007
