Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
By Liz Lochhead
By Liz Lochhead
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A modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.
Mary and Elizabeth are two women with much in common, but more that sets them apart. Following the death of her husband, the Dauphin of France, the beautiful, and staunchly Catholic Mary Stuart has returned from France to rule Scotland, a country she neither knows nor understands. Ill-prepared to rule in her own right, Mary has failed to learn what her protestant cousin, Elizabeth Tudor, knows only too well - that a queen must rule with her head, not her heart. All too soon the stage is set for a deadly endgame in which there can only be one winner and one queen on the one green island. Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is presented in a distinctive cabaret style, with much of the dialogue in the 'Braid Scots' vernacular. It was first performed by the Communicado Theatre Company at the Lyceum Studio Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 1987. Source: Nick Hern Books |
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Production Staff
Director: Alan Holling
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Chantelle Allan Director's Assistant/Prompt: Anne Bamborough Set Construction: Alan Holling and Cast Wardrobe: Agnes MacLennan, Zoe Gibson, Maralyn Allan and Marian Armstrong Props: Alan Holling, Chantelle Allan and Cast Lighting: David Russell Music: Music by Manran, Fabius Constable, Rimsky-Korsakov, Eddie Docherty, Alexander Luigini, Alan MacLeod, Julie Fowlis, and traditional English, Scots, and Irish songs - edited and arranged by David Russell Choreography: Caroline Nicol License and Script Procurement: Aileen Hendry Poster and Programme: Trevor Nicol Publicity and Social Media: Caroline Nicol Photography: Matthias Kremer Photography Front of House Co-Ordinator: Chantelle Allan |
Cast
La Corbie: Morag Barron
Le Corbie: Eddie Docherty Queen Elizabeth/Bessie/Leezie: Fiona Chapman Queen Mary/Marian/Mairn: Rosalyn Stanger Hepbrun O' Bothwell/Scots Noble: Trevor Nicol Darnley/Scots Noble: Euan Sinclair Knox/Ambassadors/Mummer 3: Tom Masterton Riccio/Ambassadors: Lawrence Robins-Bird Commoner 1/Mummer 1/Advisor 1: Jay MacGregor Commoner 2/Mummer 2/Advisor 2: Christine Fletcher |
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