The production is of “Mary Stuart” by Friedrich Schiller, has been Adapted & Directed by Ben Naylor, and will be Performed by MA Acting Classical Students from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Performances run from Wednesday 27 July – Saturday 30 July at 7pm at Central (Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3HY). There is an additional matinee performance at 2pm on Saturday 30 July.
Tickets are £10 standard, £5 concession, and free for industry and related professionals.
Mary Stuart at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (Trailer)
CAST
Sir Amyas PAULET, Mary’s jailer – Matthew Duckett
Hannah KENNEDY, Mary’s gentlewoman – Rebecca Banatvala
Drugeon DRURY, Paulet’s assistant – Danny Hetherington
Margaret CURL, Mary’s gentlewoman – Lauren Dickenson
ROSAMUND, Mary’s maid – Abigail Arnold-Ochs
MARY Stuart, former Queen of Scotland and France, a prisoner – Aamira Challenger
Edward MORTIMER, Paulet’s nephew – Lyle Fulton
William Cecil, Lord BURLEIGH, Lord Treasurer – Tom Macqueen
Sir William DAVISON, Secretary of State – Rowan Williams
Henry Grey, Earl of KENT, Lord Steward – Michael Skellern
Queen ELIZABETH of England – Katharine Bubbear
Robert Dudley, Earl of LEICESTER, Master of the Horse and Elizabeth’s companion – Luciano Dodero
George Talbot, Earl of SHREWSBURY, Earl Marshal – Chris Kyriacou
Count AUBESPINE, French Ambassador – Nigel Langley
Count BELLIEVRE, Envoy from the Duke of Anjou – Danny Hetherington
O’KELLY, a Catholic militant – Nigel Langley
Sir Andrew MELVILLE, Mary’s former steward – Jack Mosedale
OFFICER of Elizabeth’s royal guard – Danny Hetherington
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Artist – Jonny Brown
Scenic Artist – Zowie Wise
Scenic Constructor – John Venier
Wardrobe MAster – Craig Hall
Venue – Embassy Theatre at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Performed by MA Acting Classical students
Politics, faith and principle collide in Schiller’s extraordinary 1800 tragedy, which pits Elizabeth I against her imprisoned rival and cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. This intense and subtle psycho-drama, with Shakespearean overtones, is without doubt one of the great classics of German, and indeed European, theatre.
