Mary Stuart

Grzegorz Wiśniewski returns to the classic drama of human passions involved in a ruthless machinery of history and intrigue.

England, the 16^th Century. The devastating religious war and a bloody battle between two women – the queen of England and the queen of Scots – for reign over all of Britain. Friedrich Schiller’s drama, based on historical events, has not disappeared from the scene for the last two hundred years, and the roles of the two protagonists present a challenge for the actresses of all times.

What price can one pay to defeat one’s ideological and political opponents? And is that the price of one’s own humanity?

direction: Grzegorz Wiśniewski
costume, set and light design, video: Mirek Kaczmarek

Cast

• Danuta Stenka
  Elizabeth, Queen of England
  
• Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in England
  
• Mateusz Rusin
  Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  
• Jarosław Gajewski
  George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury (guest actor)
  
• Przemysław Stippa
  William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Lord High Treasurer
  
• Paweł Brzeszcz
  Sir William Davison, Secretary of State
  
• Wiesław Cichy
  Sir Amias Paulet, Keeper of Mary
  
• Karol Pocheć
  Sir Edward Mortimer, Paulet's Nephew
  
• Marcin Przybylski
  Count L'Aubespine, the French Ambassador
  

Production team:

• director's assistant: Paweł Brzeszcz 
  sound technicians: Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski, Mariusz Maszewski
• light technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Bartłomiej Kaczalski, Krzysztof Łukasz Stefan
• video projection: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak
• stage manager: Adam Borkowski
• prompter: Magdalena Markowska
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Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

Gallery:

Danuta Stenka (Elizabeth). Phot. Krzysztof Bieliński