The extraordinary relationship between England's Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, and her rival Catholic cousin Mary Queen of Scots, has fascinated people for centuries - two Queens, ruling neighbouring countries in a period of great political, religious and cultural change. Astonishingly, they never met but Schiller's Mary Stuart brings them together head-on in a dramatic confrontation.
This compelling drama pits two powerful women, one against the other, and charts the last three days of Mary Stuart's life.