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One thing about Shaw's Joan--she's a good antidote to the selfishness and apathy I see in my professional life 🤦🏻‍♀️

#Heretic #NoFemmeber I wonder if Arthur Miller was inspired by this play--when I saw a production, it reminded me of The Crucible, especially the climax. Either way, it's fiery drama with an iconic historical character at the center. Lady Lamb's song references another heretic- at one point she seems to be consoling Gallileo on house arrest: "Let's ponder the true builders of the pyramids/And then let's order in." @Cinfhen

Saw a great play tonight!!

A great retelling of Joan of Arc's story that I absolutely loved until the epilogue. Witty and layered, even Joan has her flaws, and her persecutors are presented as more than caricatures.

And then there is the epilogue. No, Shaw, why?!! It turned a realistic and balanced historically based play into something that wanted to feel like a Shakespearean tragedy. The heavy-handed epilogue lessens the power of the play preceding it. #litsybingo

Wow. I am only in the preface to this (which is almost as long as the play itself), and Shaw is blowing my mind with his insight.