The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven, 1431

The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven, 1431
Written by	Bertolt Brecht
Date premiered	November 1952 (1952-11)
Place premiered	Berliner Ensemble, East Germany
Original language	German
Subject	Joan of Arc
Genre	Non-Aristotelian / Epic

The Trial of Joan of Arc of Proven, 1431 is an adaptation by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of a radio play by Anna Seghers. It was written in collaboration with Benno Besson and premiered at the Berliner Ensemble in November 1952, in a production directed by Besson (his first important production with the Ensemble), with Käthe Reichel as Joan.^[1]

Characters

Joan of Arc
Bishop Cauchon of Beauvais
Jean Beaupère
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Chatillon (Chation)
Guillaume Manchon
Jean d'Estivet
Jean Lefèvre
Jean Massieu
Raoul de Rinel
A Clerk
The Executioner
Nuns
An English Observer
His Adjutant
Guards of Joan of Arc
English Soldiers
Two Peasant Girls
Jacques Legrain

Peasant
Peasant Woman
Son
Sister-in-law
Child
Fishwife
Dr. Dufour
His Two Nieces
Well-dressed Gentleman
Loose Woman
Wine Merchant
Innkeeper
Young Curate
War Cripple
Grandfather Breuil
His Grandson
Children
People

References

↑ Willett and Manheim (1972, xvii).

Sources

Squiers, Anthony. An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht: Revolution and Aesthetics. Amsterdam: Rodopi. 2014. ISBN 9789042038998.
Willett, John. 1959. The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-34360-X.
Willett, John, and Ralph Manheim, eds. 1972. Collected Plays: Nine. By Bertolt Brecht. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. New York: Vintage. ISBN 0-394-71819-4.

Bertolt Brecht

Plays	Baal Drums in the Night A Wedding Driving Out a Devil Lux in Tenebris Mysteries of a Barbershop In the Jungle of Cities Edward II Man Equals Man Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatzer The Elephant Calf Little Mahagonny The Threepenny Opera The Flight Across the Ocean The Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent Happy End Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Der Jasager / Der Neinsager The Decision Saint Joan of the Stockyards The Exception and the Rule The Mother Kuhle Wampe The Seven Deadly Sins Round Heads and Pointed Heads The Horatians and the Curiatians Fear and Misery of the Third Reich Señora Carrar's Rifles Life of Galileo How Much Is Your Iron? Dansen Mother Courage and Her Children The Trial of Lucullus Mr Puntila and his Man Matti The Good Person of Szechwan The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Hangmen Also Die! The Visions of Simone Machard The Duchess of Malfi Schweyk in the Second World War The Caucasian Chalk Circle Antigone The Days of the Commune The Tutor Die Verurteilung des Lukullus Report from Herrnburg Coriolanus Joan of Arc Turandot Don Juan Trumpets and Drums

Theories and techniques	Epic theatre Non-Aristotelian drama Lehrstücke Fabel Gestus Defamiliarization Demonstration Not / But Historicization Refunctioning Separation of the elements Interruptions Complex seeing The Modern Theatre Is the Epic Theatre The Street Scene A Short Organum for the Theatre Messingkauf Dialogues

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