Corona Cold Reads: Saint Joan

Corona Cold Reads: Saint Joan

From My Entertainment World by My Entertainment World

August 15, 2025 · 3h 51m

About this episode

This episode marks the end of an 18-month run of weekly performances with a reading of Shaw's 'Saint Joan'.

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in.   All of our readings are available to enjoy as full videos on our YouTube page but we’re also releasing them in audio form so they can be accessed through your favourite podcast app.   This episode marks the end of our 18-month run of weekly performances. We still gather periodically to read so there will be more Corona Cold Reads to come but this was the closing of our principal chapter as the world began to re-open to in-person events. As the finale to our Shaw Season, we chose a text that reminded us of the Shakespeare plays that brought us together in the first place, the epic Saint Joan .   CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode.   The Cast of Saint Joan : Robert/Sentry/Ladvenu – Elizabeth Morriss Steward/…

People in this episode

Hosts: Laura Hubbard, Hilary Wartinger

Topics covered

  • theatre
  • Shakespeare
  • Saint Joan
  • COVID-19
  • live performances

Keywords

  • Corona Cold Reads
  • Zoom readings
  • theatre isolation
  • Shaw Season

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