Queen Anne - Brossura

Edmundson, Helen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1848425236 ISBN 13: 9781848425231

Casa editrice: Nick Hern Books, 2015

Riassunto

1702. William III is on the throne and England is on the verge of war. Princess Anne is soon to become Queen, and her advisors vie for influence over the future monarch. Who can Anne turn to when even her most trusted friends seem bent on pursuing power? Contending with deceit and blackmail, Anne must decide where her allegiances lie.

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Recensione:

Helen Edmundson's enthralling enjoyable new play about power and betrayal between women, as well as the viper's nest of Jacobite plotting at the court, provides two absolutely terrific female roles... There's a particularly fine scene between the childless, forlorn Anne and the newly pregnant pretender to her affection, Abigail, that sets up a marriage meltdown with the Churchills and a chilling climax of rejection. --whatsonstage.com

Helen Edmundson's richly textured, modern history play brilliantly evokes the political energies of a reign unfamiliar to most people, and turns them into a truly compelling drama... This gradual unravelling of a friendship and love turned sour crackles with memorable moments... lavish...exquisite...perfect. --The Stage

L'autore:

HELEN EDMUNDSON adapted Anna Karenina, The Mill on the Floss and War and Peace for Shared Experience. She also wrote the National Theatre’s enormously successful dramatisation of Coram Boy, and Swallows and Amazons seen in the West End. Her most recent adaptation - of Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin - opened on Broadway in October 2015 starring Keira Knightley in the title role.

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• Editore: Nick Hern Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848425236
• ISBN 13: 9781848425231
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 110