Vivat! Vivat Regina! by Robert Bolt Directed by Michael Munn To follow his extraordinarilly successful 'A Man for All Seasons', Robert Bolt wrote this magnificent drama of two Queens - Mary Stuart of Scotland, impetuous and passionate, turning the tide of history and the heads of male admirers, sacrificing power for love - and Elizabeth Tudor, sacrificing passion, love and family for the crown of England. Surrounding these two women were men to love them, to plot against them, and to lead them toward their destinies - one to rule; the other to die.
Mary - Clare Lawrance Elizabeth - Anthea Halstead Rizzio (Italian Musician & Mary's bit on the side!) - Mark Littlewood Claud Nau (Mary's ever faithful French teacher) - Stephen Green Cecil (Elizabeth's chief counsellor) - Richard Fawcett Dudley (Elizabeth's dashing lover) - Kevin Roychowdhury Morton (Scots Lord and chief conspirator against Mary) - Michael Harding Ruthven (Scots Lord, Morton's closest ally) - Mark Saberton Bothwell (Scots Lord, softened by his love for Mary) - Mark Jenner Knox (a parson) - David Knight Walsingham (Elizabeth's secretary and advisor) - Geoff Banwell De Quadra (Spanish Ambassador) - Peter Drew Davison (young messenger from England) - Samuel Alexandra Cook Darnley (a Tudor who marries Mary, thinking he will be King) - Daniel Smith Brewer - Chris Lamb
