La actriz francesa Marion Cotillard interpreta a la protagonista del del oratorio dramático Juana de Arco en la hoguera (Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher) de Arthur Honegger y libreto de Paul Claudel, que se estrena hoy en el Teatro Real, donde se representarán ocho funciones hasta el 17 de junio.
The narrator repeats a number of misconceptions that have been debunked by historians. Joan of Arc didn't "lead" the army directly and didn't fight - her role was that of a religious visionary like so many other female visionaries and mystics in that era, and hence she didn't violate any gender norms. "Dressing like a man" in this case just means wearing armor and a soldier's outfit which was given to her to wear in the army for practical reasons. The bailiff at the trial, Jehan Massieu, said she was convicted after the guards took away her dress and forced her to wear the soldier's outfit again, then the judge condemned her to death for that, because the judge (Pierre Cauchon) is documented in English government records as a "collaborator" who served as an advisor for the English occupation government since 1420. The trial was rigged by the English government (as proven by eyewitness accounts and English records) using deliberately dishonest charges against her.