An account of the secret marriage of Charles Bran don, Duke of Suffolk. with the younger sister of Henry VIII, the Princess Mary Rose
Compiled from contemporary documents by ALISON PLOWDEN
Princess Mary.PRUNELLA SCALES
Others taking part:
Eric Anderson. Noel Howlett Basil Jones , Godfrey Kenton
Allan McClelland , Frederick Treves
The Princess Mary. in love with Charles Brandon , was married as a political measure to the ageing Louis XII of France. He died shortly afterwards and she married Brandon in secret. When the marriage became known they found themselves in a dilemma which proved both terrifying and expensive before it was resolved.
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Richard Hurndall is in 'Hostile Witness at the Haymarket Theatre, London