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The Lark

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 13m

Jean Anouilh, Christopher Fry

The Lark
by Jean Anouilh
Translated by Christopher Fry

To the great lords of her time as well as the politicians of the Church expediency was God. So the Maid had to die. So to Warwick and Cauchon, her life has the'somewhat artificial, and certainly impersonal, quality of a play. Short scenes from it are…

The Lark

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 13m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/Historic, Faith-based

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Summary
To the great lords of her time as well as the politicians of the Church expediency was God. So the Maid had to die. So to Warwick and Cauchon, her life has the'somewhat artificial, and certainly impersonal, quality of a play. Short scenes from it are played out during the trial as they struggle to turn her simplicity into heresy. But it is the glory of her life rather than the tragedy that is the triumphant climax of the play.
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  • Time Period 15th Century
  • Setting A permanent setting

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Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh
Jean Anouilh was born in Bordeaux on June 23, 1910. After completing his early schooling, Anouilh studied law for a short time at the Sorbonne, and then worked as a copywriter at Publicité Damour. He also wrote comic scenes for the cinema. In 1929 he collaborated with Jean ...
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Christopher Fry

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