Cancelling Joan of Arc?
In the 2024 French Republic, is it reasonable to celebrate a woman who fought for her God and her King?
In the 2024 French Republic, is it reasonable to celebrate a woman who fought for her God and her King?
Protests erupted after Gérald Darmanin ordered the police prefectures to intervene “in any future far-Right or ultra-Right gathering.”
The ban follows instructions given directly by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who on Tuesday, May 9th, expressly requested that any demonstration originating from “the ultra-Right or the extreme Right be banned.”
The theatre production scraps what made its protagonist so inspiring in the first place: the very fact of her feminine nature—a young girl who put her virtues to work within a male-dominated field.
“Children should be educated in greatness, not only in integrity. They must learn to do that which is great, and not only that which is right.” —Alexandre Dianine-Havard
Being chosen to play Joan the Maid of Orleans is not a simple matter of representation, but a real commitment. In a few days, Clotilde Forgeot d’Arc will begin a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the shepherdess of Lorraine, following the major stages of her epic journey.
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