Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart

By Friedrich Schiller, adapted by Peter Oswald

Directed by Hedda Bird


Venue: Oxford Playhouse, Beaumont Street, Oxford
Date: 10th - 14th March 2015
Time: 7.30pm (8pm Fri)+ 2.30pm Saturday matinee
Price: £11 - £17.50

We return to the Playhouse with a bold new production of Schiller’s extraordinary retelling of a central moment in British history.

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whose head is safe if the Queen's is not?

Mary Stuart

By Friedrich Schiller, in a new version by Peter Oswald

Directed by Hedda Bird

 


Oxford Theatre Guild, the city’s leading amateur company, returns to the Playhouse with a bold new production of Schiller’s extraordinary retelling of a central moment in British history.

Mary, Queen of Scots awaits her death, alone and imprisoned. Queen Elizabeth, all powerful and adored, must sign the death warrant. Yet when they finally meet, it is Mary who has nothing to lose and can speak freely, whilst Elizabeth can only rail against the pressures upon her.

Capturing the personal and public battles of two legendary women, this 21st century adaptation of a 16th century story questions how much has changed for women of power in a man’s world.

“Mary Stuart” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD

Cast List:

Mary Stuart - Cathy Oakes
Elizabeth I - Rachel Pearson
Earl of Leicester - Joe Kenneway
Lord Burleigh - Richard Readshaw
Hanna Kennedy - Tara Lacey
Paulet - Simon Tavener
Mortimer - Adam Diaper
Lord Talbot - Simon Vail
Davison - James Silk
Ambassador Aubespine - David Guthrie
Ambassador Bellievre - Callum Mitchell
O'Kelly - Gavin Gaughan
Melville - Colin Burnie
Ladies in waiting - Poly Smart, Meriel Stratford-Hall
Guards - Nic Evans, Tristan Robinson
Imagined Mary - Gosia Brudlo
Imagined Elizabeth - Eve Winterbottom