Joan of Arc has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. Perhaps the best-known theatrical adaptations are Friedrich Schiller’s Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans) 1801, George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan 1923, Bertolt Brecht’s Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe (Saint Joan of the Stockyards) 1932, and Maxwell Anderson’s Joan of Lorraine 1946. And now, Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson (2015).
The following photos show many depictions of Joan of Arc in theatre and film over the last 100+ years, from drawings of Sarah Bernhardt as Joan of Arc in the late 1890s to costume designer Izumi Inaba’s renderings for this production of Mother of the Maid.
