The Dauphin is crowned Charles VII in Rheims cathedral, but, when Joan insists on driving the English from Paris, the French leaders withdraw their support. Alarmed by her success, the English, represented by the Earl of Warwick, strike an unlikely alliance with the French Church authorities, represented by Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais. Together with Dunois, the ‘Bastard of Orléans’, Joan drives the English from Orléans. Despite being young and feeble, the Dauphin is immediately recognized by Joan amongst a group of courtiers. drama in 6 scenes and an epilogue S: Vaucouleurs, Chinon, near Orléans, Rheims, and Rouen, France, 1429–31, and 1456 C: 22m, 2f, extrasJoan, ‘the Maid of Lorraine’, persuades her local squire that her voices require him to provide her with horses and armed support to cross territory occupied by the English, so that she may visit the Dauphin. A: George Bernard Shaw Pf: 1923, New York Pb: 1924 G: Hist.
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