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The Story of Shaw''s Saint Joan
ISBN: 9780773585133
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Shaw George Bernard 1856–1950. Saint Joan; Joan of Arc Saint 1412–1431 in fiction drama poetry etc;

The literary genetics of Shaw's most famous play are here examined for the first time. The sources of Saint Joan are closely compared with the original shorthand manuscript and that is compared with its subsequent revisions. This evidence is supplemented by facts drawn from Shaw's correspondence in print, in the British Library, and in private collections, and by accounts both in print and in the correspondence of people who knew Shaw at the time of his writing Saint Joan. The manuscript and its revisions are examined in the light of all that has been written about the play since it first appeared in 1923.

Tyson's numerous articles have appeared in such journals as Modem Drama, The Shaw Review, Theatre Notebook, Shakespeare Quarterly, and Canadian Drama.Tyson's numerous articles have appeared in such journals as Modem Drama, The Shaw Review, Theatre Notebook, Shakespeare Quarterly, and Canadian Drama.