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Citizens Theatre reimagines Saint Joan with fierce clarity
Stewart Laing’s ninety-minute production uses Shaw’s screenplay with modern costuming and a film epilogue to highlight ongoing persecution of 'saints', producers said.
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Citizens Theatre reimagines Saint Joan with fierce clarity
Theatre, Saint Joan, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. When George Bernard Shaw dragged himself out of premature retirement in 1923, the great man’s late burst was inspired by Joan of Arc being made a saint.
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Black Actress Cast as Joan of Arc in Scottish Theatre Production
A new production of George Bernard Shaw’s 1923 play Saint Joan is running at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, between 14 February and 21 March. It is directed by Tony Award-winning theatre director Stewart Laing. However, it is not that choice in personnel that has raised some eyebrows. Rather, it is the casting of Mandipa Kabana in the titular role of Joan of Arc. Yet again, a historically white role has been chosen to be played…
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