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The Lark by Jean Anouilh

annaelle's review against another edition

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5.0

étant une œuvre de fiction l’Histoire a été un peu remodelée évidemment mais le personnage de Jeanne est très touchant
la question du traitement médiatique d’évènements et de figures publiques est plus que d’actualité ainsi que le rôle de la religion et de ses figures de pouvoir

une très bonne pièce d’anouilh comme d’habitude

meowrilena's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

amshu's review

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3.0

joan may have gilrbossed a little too close to the sun but that's alright. interesting plot and i probably would've rated it higher if i was actually interested in theology

spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition

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3.0

« Alouette, gentille alouette, alouette je te plumerai » !

maryska's review

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4.0

This high rating is not so much for the enjoyment or overall rendition (albeit very peculiar and curious) as rather for the message it holds. It definitely left me impressed.

spiderfr0mmars's review

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

wretchedtheo's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0


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cosmological's review

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5.0

CAUCHON. So then, Joan, you excuse Man all his faults and think him one of G-d’s greatest miracles?
JOAN. Yes, my Lord.
PROMOTER. It’s blasphemy. Man is filth, lust, a nightmare of obscenity.
JOAN. Yes, my Lord. He sins; he is evil enough. And then something happens: it may be he is coming out of a brothel, roaring out his bawdy songs in praise of a good time, and suddenly he has thrown himself at the reins of a runaway horse to save some child he has never seen before; his bones broken; he dies at peace.
PROMOTER. But he dies like an animal, without a priest, in the full damnation of sin.
JOAN. No, my Lord. He dies in the light which was lighted within him when the world began. He behaved as a man, in doing evil and doing good, and G-d created him in that contradiction to make his difficult way.



I’m a huge fan of every Anouilh adaptation I’ve read thus far and revisiting this one never fails to make me go absolutely fucking insane! Every day I wake up and I think about “But when something is black I cannot say it is white. That is all.” I just love this play very much and I especially love how it’s structured, allowing for it all to bleed together and figures of the past to interact with the judges (the stage direction revealing the shame Joan’s father feels when he realizes the judges can see him beating her, even though, obviously, they can’t, was a particularly cutting way to establish this) and that conclusion.......Joan Of Arc: A Story Which Ends Happily.
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