She is led by the voices of st. Catherine, st. Margaret, and st. Michael who instructed her to acquire a horse, soldiers clothing with armor, and an army and drive the english out of france. So her actions are based on her faith in her voices. Shaw was a codirector for the first london production in 1924 with Sybil Thorndike in the title role, and he reminded her that joan was a sturdy, independent 19yearold woman, not a sweet angelic little girl. The story of joan is fascinating. She was a village girl born in the early 1400s, a warrior in her teens and was accused of heresy and witchcraft because she would not deny her visions and voices and consequently was convicted and burned at the stake. Almost 500 years later, joan was canonized by the church. Shakespeare, bertolt brecht, Maxwell Anderson and jean anouilh all have dramatized the joan story, each reflecting a personal point of view and interest. To meet the challenge of that role required a special actress. Our guest is that spe
It is not a biography in the sense that you can turn to the play for an accurate reporting of the facts, rather shaw selected the facts which suited his purpose. He approaches joan, his protagonist, historically, but develops the character mainly in terms of ideological clashes. Primarily, shaw is interested in joan as someone who imposes her ideas on history. She is led by the voices of st. Catherine, st. Margaret, and st. Michael who instructed her to acquire a horse, soldiers clothing with armor, and an army and drive the english out of france. So her actions are based on her faith in her voices. Shaw was a codirector for the first london production in 1924 with Sybil Thorndike in the title role, and he reminded her that joan was a sturdy, independent 19yearold woman, not a sweet angelic little girl. The story of joan is fascinating. She was a village girl born in the early 1400s, a warrior in her teens and was accused of heresy and witchcraft because she would not deny her visions
She is led by the voices of st. Catherine, st. Margaret, and st. Michael who instructed her to acquire a horse, soldiers clothing with armor, and an army and drive the english out of france. So her actions are based on her faith in her voices. Shaw was a codirector for the first london production in 1924 with Sybil Thorndike in the title role, and he reminded her that joan was a sturdy, independent 19yearold woman, not a sweet angelic little girl. The story of joan is fascinating. She was a village girl born in the early 1400s, a warrior in her teens and was accused of heresy and witchcraft because she would not deny her visions and voices and consequent was convicted and burned at the stake. Almost 500 years later, joan was canonized by the church. Shakespeare, bertolt brecht, Maxwell Anderson and jean anouilh all have dramatized the joan story, each reflecting a personal point of view and interest. To meet the challenge of that role required a special actress. Our guest is that speci
Is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Europe is on edge again tonight after yet another deadly attack apparently aimed at a controversial cartoonist. Tonight, the Prime Minister of denmark is calling it a terrorist attack. One person was killed and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a conference in copenhagen attended by an artist whose depiction of the Prophet Muhammad several years ago made him a marked man. Todays attack was a chilling echo of last months deadly attack on the offices of a satirical newspaper in paris. Tonight, denmark is on high alert as Police Search for the gunmen. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella has late details. Reporter bullets crashed through the windows of the cafe at 4 00 in the afternoon. A 40yearold man killed, three officers wounded. There was only one shooter, according to police. Theyre looking for this man who they say abandoned a car close to the cafe then disappeared. Our main priority at this stage is to catch the perpetrator. Repo
Translator his voice. When you hear it, it makes you want to stand up right away to join him, to fight. What hes good at is killing civilians. Osama bin laden was the worlds most wanted terrorist. He haunted americans and millions of others around the world. Im Christiane Amanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of bin ladens terrorist organization, al qaeda. Not far from here, just across the border in afghanistan, he disappeared shortly after 9 11. To know more about Osama Bin Laden, to bring you his whole story, we visited his homes, his headquarters, his hideouts. We journeyed in his footsteps, from saudi arabia to pakistan to afghanistan. Those who have prayed with him, lived with him, and fought for him share the story of his gradual but deadly transformation. From a quiet religious boy to the angry voice of holy war. Osama bin laden grew up in the boomtown of jeddah, saudi arabia, a town his father helped build. Saudi arabia in the 1960s was of course a fantastically wealt