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Saint Joan

Summary
1968 BBC production of Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.
Theatre play
Saint Joan by [George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 1 September 1968
Time
9.20-11.30pm
Series
Play of the Month
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Waris Hussein
Producer
Cedric Messina
Lighting
Sam Barclay
Playwright
[George] Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Composer
Michael Dress (of incidental music)
Designer
Tony Abbott
Script Editor
Rosemary Hill
Cast
Keith BaxterDunois
Geoffrey BayldonArchbishop of Rheims
Colin BlakelyChaplain de Stogumber
Philip BondGilles de Rais
John Bryans (?-1989)Mgr de la Tremouille
Michael CraigEarl of Warwick
Maurice DenhamBishop of Beauvais
John GielgudThe Inquisitor
Richard HamptonBertrand de Poulengey
Murray MelvinThe Dauphin
Timothy NewmanCourt Page
Glyn OwenRobert de Baudricourt
Ronald PickupBrother Martin Ladvenu
Ann RyeDuches de la Tremouille
David SelwynWarwick’s Page
Louis SelwynPage
Janet SuzmanJoan
John TrenamanExecutioner
Hugh WaltersSteward
Jack WatsonCaptain La Hire
Jerold WellsEnglish Soldier
Edgar WrefordD’Estivet

Additional details

Extant status
No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags
15th-century setting; France, as theme or setting; historical drama; Roman Catholicism

Print sources

Title
Radio Times, 29 August 1968 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, listing and image, p. 12

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