# Brother John Lemaître — Saint Joan character guide

> Brother John Lemaître in Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lemaître, Brother John

**First appearance:** 0048-scene-vi

## Who they are

A deputy inquisitor at Joan's trial.

## In the story

### [A Void in the Elizabethan Drama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/a-void-in-the-elizabethan-drama)

Mentioned as the inquisitor who would be misrepresented by Shakespeare as a Sadist rather than a lawyer.

### [The Inevitable Flatteries of Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saint_joan_se/chapters/the-inevitable-flatteries-of-tragedy)

The real Lemaître may not have been as able as depicted, but the play gives him greater clarity to represent the Inquisition.

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