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words by William Shakespeare, Joan of Arc and the
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performed by Victoria Gillmon, Andrea Molnar, Lisa
Payne, Laure Salama. |
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choreography by Segun Adelfina |
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directed and designed by Luke Dixon.
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Joan of
Arc – soldier, sinner, male impersonator, saint and professional
virgin… an experimental performance about the scourge of the English
and the saviour of France, using Joan’s own words and those put into
her mouth by William Shakespeare.
 For
the past two years we have been slowly developing a project based on
Joan of Arc as she appears in Shakespeare’s history plays. A script
has evolved that uses not only Shakespeare’s words but also those of
Joan herself as recorded in her trials. And we have widened the
scope of the project to incorporate elements of Shakesqueer,
our performance about cross-dressing and gender identity.
A first text was workshopped at The University of Port Elizabeth,
South Africa in 2000 and later developed at The Actors Centre,
London. The first performance of what is still a work in progress
was given at our home at the Astor Theatre, Deal on 7th
March 2002 with actors from England, Hungary and France.
The performance was filmed for development as a video project.
The performance lasts about 50 minutes with no interval.
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