Theatre review: Saint Joan / Olivier Theatre, London
Olivier Theatre, LondonAside from a touring production of Widowers' Houses, this is the first Shaw play the National has presented in 13 years: a symbol of our scandalous neglect of a great dramatist. But Marianne Elliott's production should put to rest the notion that Shaw was simply a didactic old windbag. Even if it occasionally lapses into self-conscious theatricality, it is intellectually vigorous, visually exci…