She is the emblem of a policy of resistance to an oppressive power, as shown by her steadfastness during her heresy trial. Bensaïd disputes her memory with the French right and the petrified memory of the French Republic, and he sees her as a figure inherent to a transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the modern world.
There has been a host of interpretations and re-appropriations of her.
The Maid of Orléans, situated halfway between history and legend, was officially turned from heretic to saint and became a French national myth. Concerned with reconstructing strategic thinking for today's world, he sought inspiration in uncommon places for Marxist thinking, such as medieval religious heresies, Marranism, Messianism and figures like Joan of Arc. The result: An immersive experience that offers different perspectives on the action.The French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd (1946–2010) bequeathed an extensive political and philosophical oeuvre which mixes classical Marxist references with authors like walter Benja-min and Charles Péguy. The area where their seats were will become new playing spaces for the actors. While we will be using the same seating configuration as you have experienced attending Arabian Nights, at each intermission, patrons in some these seats will move to different parts of the theater. After sold-out runs in NYC and DC, Eric Tucker (director, Women of Will and artistic director of Bedlam) brings Saint Joan to Cambridge. In this epic story, Shaw paints Joan of Arc not as a saint, witch, or madwoman, but a farm girl who is an illiterate intellectual, a true genius whose focus on the individual rocked the Church and State to their core. Four actors perform all 24 roles in Bedlam’s production of Saint Joan, declared “Irresistible! Ferocious!” and “A force of nature!” by the New York Times, Best of Theater 2014 by Ben Brantley of the New York Times, and a Top Ten Play of 2013 by Time magazine.
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