The Stage 32 Videos: Joan D'arc

PANDER...ing (C) 2020 by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc What if Shakespeare felt remorse in presenting Henry VI’s Joan la Pucelle, & Troilus & Cressida’s Pandarus, calling upon the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I to assist him in giving both the Pander & Joan d’Arc makeovers. Perhaps change history in the process? Achilles, Patroclus, Mistress Overdone, Anne Hathaway, Mrs. Aphra Behn, Edward DeVere and even a Gallant Stool join in the fray. And what’s that underlying thrum regarding authorship?