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Drama on 3: Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart

23/09/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Mary Stuart

Classic drama about the tense relationship between Elizabeth 1 and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Friedrich Schiller's account of the extraordinary relationship between England's Elizabeth I and her rival cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. In a version by David Harrower.

by Friedrich Schiller. 

in a version by David Harrower, adapted for radio by Robin Brooks. 

One of European theatre's major plays, Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart is a thrilling account of the extraordinary relationship between England's Elizabeth I and her rival cousin, the imprisoned Queen of Scots. David Harrower is one of the most attuned, most talented playwrights working in Britain today. This is the second in Drama on 3's series of classic and new plays that portray the ruthlessness and uncertainties of absolute power. 

David Harrower's other plays include KNIVES IN HENS, GOOD WITH PEOPLE and the international success, BLACKBIRD. He has also translated works by Pirandello, Brecht, Chekhov and Gogol.

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