Professor David Peimer
Joan of Arc in Film and Theatre
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Summary
Joan of Arc is one of the most fascinating figures in history, a symbol of freedom in France who was also burned at the stake for heresy. We will look at some of the theatrical (Schiller, Brecht, Shaw) and cinematic portrayals of the brief and extraordinary life of this young woman, examining how history, myth, and fiction in film and theatre create stories which forge our collective memory of heroism.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.