Who is the author of 'Saint Joan'?

• 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.