Mary Stuart
Published on 28. March 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-294-1 (ISBN)
Description
Schiller's grand historical tragedy, a battle of wits between Mary Queen of Scots and her captor, Queen Elizabeth I.
Mary has been held prisoner for nineteen years by her cousin, Elizabeth I, who has condemned her to death, but is reluctant to be seen to carry out the sentence. Leicester, Elizabeth's favorite and Mary's ex-lover, engineers a meeting of the two Queens - an encounter which never took place in historical fact - from which Mary emerges triumphant but doomed.
Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart (Maria Stuart in the original German) had its premiere in Weimar, Germany, in June 1800.
This English version by Jeremy Sams was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 1996.
Mary has been held prisoner for nineteen years by her cousin, Elizabeth I, who has condemned her to death, but is reluctant to be seen to carry out the sentence. Leicester, Elizabeth's favorite and Mary's ex-lover, engineers a meeting of the two Queens - an encounter which never took place in historical fact - from which Mary emerges triumphant but doomed.
Friedrich Schiller's play Mary Stuart (Maria Stuart in the original German) had its premiere in Weimar, Germany, in June 1800.
This English version by Jeremy Sams was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 1996.
Reviews / Votes
'Jeremy Sams's succinct and sharp new adaptation gives it all a telling urgency' * Daily Mail *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
99 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-294-1 (9781854592941)
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Jeremy Sams is a British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist.
His writing credits include: The Good Life (Fiery Angel, UK tour); A Damsel in Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (West End and Broadway); the musical Amour (Broadway); and Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz (West End and Toronto). He has translated many works for the stage, and has worked widely as a musical director, and composer for stage and screen.
His writing credits include: The Good Life (Fiery Angel, UK tour); A Damsel in Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (West End and Broadway); the musical Amour (Broadway); and Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz (West End and Toronto). He has translated many works for the stage, and has worked widely as a musical director, and composer for stage and screen.