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Mary Stuart

Friedrich Schiller author Mike Poulton translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th May '09

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A new version of Schiller's masterpiece, presented from 7-30 May 2009 at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Mike Poulton's highly acclaimed version of Schiller's Don Carlos was first staged in Sheffield in 2004 and then became a hit on the West End. Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was widely regarded as the national dramatist of Germany and second only to Goethe in importance.

Mary Stuart tells the story of the personal struggle between two extraordinary women - one French, one English - both captive to the demands of sovereignty and both caught in a tumult of political and religious intrigue.'Scotland may be a savage nation, Lady, but the English wash their hands in blood.' Mary Stuart tells the story of the personal struggle between two extraordinary women - one French, one English - both captive to the demands of sovereignty and both caught in a tumult of political and religious intrigue. Which of them is the rightful Queen of England - Mary Stuart or Elizabeth Tudor? Mary Stuart, written in 1800 by Friedrich Schiller, is presented in this new version by Mike Poulton following his Don Carlos for Sheffield/West End. The play was produced at Clwyd Theatr Cymru 7-30 May 2009. 'Magnificent ...Mike Poulton's fleet and vivid translation ...all the deftly plotted twists and turns of a thriller. You lean forward in your seat, desperate to discover what happens next ...a masterpiece' Daily Telegraph on Mike Poulton's version of Schiller's Don Carlos.

'If Shakespeare's historical dramas hold a mirror to our national virtues, Schiller presents a reflection that is rather less flattering.' Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 19.5.09 'In Mike Poulton's vibrant new version, England emerges as a paranoid state on high-security alert, where the detention of suspects does not bear very close scrutiny.' Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 19.5.09 'A lean new version by Mike Poulton, sets bare-knuckle rhetoric racing across the stage... It's brilliantly undiplomatic, a disastrous triumph.' David Jays, Times Online, 17.5.09 'A new version, by Mike Poulton, of Friedrich Schiller's 200-year-old masterpiece Mary Stuart...offers a rich dish to tempt audiences; spiced with sex, studded with intrigue and larded with betrayal... It's a mark of a good play that, although we know the tragic ending, the action still makes us hope it may be different this time.' Gail Cooper, Wales Online, 18.5.09

ISBN: 9781408199930

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 8mm

Weight: 176g

144 pages