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Joan: The Girl of Arc

  • Darrah Cloud
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 15th Century
  • 6M, 2F
  • ISBN: J74

When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what -- and whom -- she's hearing.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: 15th Century
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what -- and whom -- she's hearing. But the voice is joined by other who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France.  Now she must convince her father, her friends, and her priest that she is telling the truth. But no one believes her.

Finally, she sets out on her own, determined to be believed, and proves her visions to the leader of the French army. He helps her get safely to Paris, where once again she must convince the Prince of France and his corrupt advisors. She instills courage in the prince to stand up for what he believes, and he gives her the entire French army to lead against the British. 

In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads her soldiers to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death.

Premiere Production: Joan: The Girl of Arc was commissioned and premiered by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in January, 2014.
  • Casting: 6M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)

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When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what -- and whom -- she's hearing. But the voice is joined by other who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France.  Now she must convince her father, her friends, and her priest that she is telling the truth. But no one believes her.

Finally, she sets out on her own, determined to be believed, and proves her visions to the leader of the French army. He helps her get safely to Paris, where once again she must convince the Prince of France and his corrupt advisors. She instills courage in the prince to stand up for what he believes, and he gives her the entire French army to lead against the British. 

In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads her soldiers to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death.

$19.95