play, and its plot not  only relates the story of Joan of Arc but also shows the effect that  Joans story has on an acting company that is performing it,  especially the actress playing the leading role.  Ingrid Bergman (I) (qv) had wanted to retain the plays structure  for the film, but the studio thought the idea was uncinematic and  would not appeal to moviegoers, so the Joan of Arc scenes were  expanded by Anderson and Andrew Solt (I) (qv), and the films plot  was altered to tell only the story of Joan. The title was also  changed to the more easily identifiable "Joan of Arc". In contrast  to "Joan of Lorraine", in which all the actors played two or more  roles, the majority of actors in "Joan of Arc" played only one role.  However, quite a bit of Andersons original stage dialogue was  retained for the film.