Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises based on what is known of her life and on the substantial records of her trial.

• 萧伯纳的剧本写出了贞德那劳动人民的纯朴性格和优良品质，如果不是出生在那样的一个进代的环境，她这种优良品性大概也就只能表现在家庭生活、田野劳动、友伴往来等等日常琐事之中了。