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The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 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.
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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
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 .
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