• Saint Joan: - It is a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue by George Bernard Shaw. - নাটকটি ১৯২৩ সালে মঞ্চায়িত করা হয়েছিল এবং প্রকাশিত হয় ১৯২৪ সালে। - নাটকের কাহিনী ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনাবলীকে অনুসরণ করে লেখা। - It was inspired by the canonization of Joan of Arc in 1920, nearly five centuries after her death in 1431. - Shaw’s Joan leads France to victory over the English by dint of her innate intelligence and leadership and not through supernatural guidance. - As in the historical record, she is captured and sold to the English, who convict her of heresy and burn her at the stake. - Joan is the personification of the tragic heroine; her martyrdom embodies the paradox that humans fear—and often kill—their saints and heroes.
• Characters: - Robert de Baudricourt, - Steward to de Baudricourt, - Joan, - Bertrand de Poulengy, - De la Trémouille, Lord Chamberlain, - Duchess de la Trémouille, - Archbishop of Rheims, - Gilles de Rais ("Bluebeard"), etc.
• G. B. Shaw (1856-1950): - তার পুরো নাম George Bernard Shaw. - তিনি 'Modern period' এর নাট্যকার। - George Bernard Shaw একজন Irish নাট্যকার এবং সাহিত্য সমালোচক। - তিনি ১৯২৫ সালে নোবেল পুরস্কার পান।
• Famous Plays of G.B. Shaw: - Pygmalion (Romantic play), - Major Barbara (Social satire), - Mrs. Warren's Profession;(play), - Arms and the Man (Romantic comedy), - Heartbreak House (play), - Caesar and Cleopatra; (play/tragedy), - Man and Superman; (Comedy play), - The Doctor's Dilemma; (satire drama/play, Epilogue), - St. Joan of Arc (tragedy play) etc.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman; Encyclopedia Britannica and Website Lecture.