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
And who else is fighting this war . We have our guests this evening right after this world news. But these are the headlines. Thousands of tunisians take to the streets, calling on the government to resign, this as National Dialogue is set to get underway. Barack obama is set to meet the pakistan Prime Minister for the first time, and he will likely bring up the horny issue of drone strikes. And the risk has been avoided. No mega fire in australia, but the fire is still burning across new south wales, and residents are told to be extremely vigilant create an in tunisia, there have been deadly clashes between the guard and the militants, at least 17 Police Officers killed and some militants. We understand that National Guard members were fired on as they approached a house in the hills in one village. That violence came as talks aimed at ending the countrys political crisis are set to get underway. We understand that the islamic government will confirm their resigning, and that is what
Rescue workers in the philippines are struggling to get aid to survivors of thai foot high and more than ten thousand people are now feared dead in one of the worst storms in recorded history. I greet you when you clear watchdog have reached agreement on what they call a roadmap for cooperation on irans controversial Nuclear Program this is us secretary of state john kerry united in fighting among western powers at the recent Nuclear Talks in geneva. The world remembers soldiers killed in world war one. Take a closer look at one of another chapter in frances history those soldiers executed for howard. Watching prospect at first after the philippines were typing high and has caused a catastrophic destruction. Some ten thousand people are now feared dead with another six hundred thousand forced from their homes. Entire villages flattened by the super typhoon the worst in recorded history. Rescue workers are now struggling to get aid to survivors. Turnbull has the details. The believers i
And all that gets off the talks in geneva were very wrong. New kit program produced no deal. So im told but its also apparent that idiom to four point gap. We began with the latest from the philippines were massive rescue operation is on the way falling one was awful storms ever recorded. Just left a trail of death and destruction it off. As many as ten thousand people of the teacher being killed in one city alone. The actual death toll nationwide is expecting much hype and thats what wins of simon to only thirty five kilometers an hour from greenhouses and torrential rains walked away entire coastal communities. I got smart and saw tells us more about how this latest typhoon is one of a number of Deadly Weapon systems to start the philippines in recent years the tide is high and sunday. Most of turning it into hades and ctc into wastelands. Bestie if you use a just cause of a long history and natural devastation in the philippines. In the last century alone. At least ten typhoons have