Saint Joan
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Other notable stage roles include Saint Joan in 1963 and Saturday, Sunday, Monday a decade later, along with films including 1992's Enchanted April and Tea with Mussolini in 1999.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Like Saint Joan, the police continued to come up empty-handed.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2018
Hamlet + Saint Joan Four actors play multiple roles as New York-based theater company Bedlam stages stripped-down versions of Shakespeare's classic tragedy and George Bernard Shaw's historical drama in repertory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2018
Ms. Duff, whom I last saw at the National as Shaw’s single-minded Saint Joan, here portrays the deeply divided Nina, a ravishing creature whose magnetism is matched only by her neuroticism.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2013
But unfortunately, unlike Saint Joan, I’ve yet to hear a voice tell me what I can do to help my suffering country.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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