Saint Joan · Character
Brother John Lemaître
A deputy inquisitor at Joan's trial.
minor
Also known as Lemaître, Brother John
First appearance: scene vi
Brother John Lemaître shows up with force in A Void in the Elizabethan Drama. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the inquisitor who would be misrepresented by Shakespeare as a Sadist rather than a lawyer.
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In A Void in the Elizabethan Drama: Mentioned as the inquisitor who would be misrepresented by Shakespeare as a Sadist rather than a lawyer. Later, in The Inevitable Flatteries of Tragedy: The real Lemaître may not…
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See Brother John Lemaître in scene vi