Fr. 19.90

Mary Stuart

English · Paperback / Softback

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Two queens. One in power. One in prison. It''s all in the execution. Schiller''s political tragedy takes us behind the scenes of British history''s famous rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Written in verse and based on historical sources, Schiller''s play imagines the queens'' lives - one in court, the other in prison - surrounded by staff and servants. Their imagined meeting, before Mary''s execution, is passionate and enthralling.Robert Icke''s lean version condenses the action, cutting the cast to twelve, whilst retaining the play''s symmetrical structure and tense atmosphere. In an exciting twist, the first production had two actors learn the roles of both queens, and their roles weredecided at each performance by the toss of a coin. Adding a further duality to the play, this also allowed the first word of the evening to anticipate its ending:''Heads''.>

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Authors Robert Icke, Friedrich Schiller, Schiller Friedrich, Friedrich Stewart
Assisted by Robert Icke (Editor)
Publisher Oberon Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.10.2017
 
EAN 9781786820259
ISBN 978-1-78682-025-9
No. of pages 122
Dimensions 126 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
Series Oberon Modern Plays
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama

French, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Germany, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, DRAMA / European / German, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights

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