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Shakespeare plays JOAN OF ARC, French heroine

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Joan dressed in medieval armour, with a short blonde wig; he looks anxious, one hand clenched and the other held up before him in supplication

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Joan's life depends on a French victory against the English, so in desperation she summons demonic aid. (But when this is refused, she knows she is doomed.)
Henry VI part 1
Act 4 Scene 2

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