Saint Joan Av George Bernard Shaw

With "Saint Joan", Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. As early as 1913 he had expressed a desire to write a play about Joan of Arc, but it was ten years before he began to write it. The first performance took place in New York in December 1923.With "Saint Joan" Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. As early as 1913 he had expressed a desire to write a play about Joan of Arc, but it was ten years before he began to write it. the first performance took place in New York in December 1923.