The Lark
Antaeus Black Box
Written by: Jean Anouilh, Adapted by Lillian Hellman
Directed by: Gigi Bermingham
Directed by: Gigi Bermingham
Written in 1953 as France was recovering from the Nazi occupation of WWII, L’Alouette examines collaboration and resistance - and what constitutes heresy. The divinely inspired warrior Joan of Arc has been imprisoned; the setting is her 15th century trial with flashbacks to her life. Both the English occupiers and Catholic bishops are strongly motivated to condemn her.
Cast
Fran Bennett*
Bishop Cauchon
Daniel Bess*
Captain La Hire/Archbishop of Reims
Shannon Lee Clair*
Joan
Kwana Martinez*
Joan’s Mother/Little Queen/English Soldier
Kitty Swink*
Joan’s Father/Queen Yolande/Executioner
Joel Swetow*
The Inquisitor/Squire Robert de Beaudricourt
Karen Malina White*
The Promoter/M. de la Tremouille
Janet Greaves
Earl of Warwick
Spencer Carney
Joan’s Brother/Agnes Sorel/Boudousse
Juls Hoover
Brother Ladvenu
Doug Harvey
Charles, The Dauphin
Production Team
Gigi Bermingham
Director
Jean Anouilh
Writer
Lillian Hellman
Writer
