Mary Stuart
From: Thursday, 7th May 2009
To: Saturday, 30 May 2009
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Synopsis
Condemned to death, Mary Queen of Scots has been held prisoner for nineteen years. Can her cousin Elizabeth 1st be seen to carry out the sentence? Dare she not carry it out? In the crisp air of the park around Fotheringay Castle the two women meet...
Our Review:
27 May 2009
Corrupt politicians, anti-Establishment conspiracies and internal terrorist threats – no, not the latest David Hare at the National, but a brilliant new Mike Poulton translation of a 200-year-old history play.
Friedrich Schiller’s take on the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, is beautifully crafted as a poetic classic in this new version by Poulton, and is ravishingly rendered at Theatr Clwyd by resident artistic director Terry Hands.
With designer Max Jones, Hands presents a vast, open stage, skewed slightly and jutting powerfully out into the auditorium. In the first half the floor is virginal white, reinforcing the supposed innocence and naivete of England’s Queen Elizabeth; for the second, it becomes oppressively black as Elizabeth’s disingenuous scheming to bring about Mary’s death without attaching blame to herself draws the tragedy to its relentless climax.
The look and conceit of the production are faultless. But without it...
Cast
Marina Hands (Mary Queen of Scots)
Claire Price (Elizabeth I)
Owen Teale (Burghley)
Steffan Rhodri (Leicester)
Steffan Rhodri (Leicester)
Creative
Friedrich Schiller (Author)
Clwyd Theatr Cymru (Producer)
Mike Poulton (Adaptation)
Terry Hands (Director)
Max Jones (Design)
Colin Towns (Music)
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