Three Queens

Three Queens is one-act play about a fictional encounter between Queen Mary I, Lady Jane Grey and the future Queen Elizabeth I, as well another royal cousin - Cardinal Reginald Pole, on the night before Lady Jane Grey is due to be executed.

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 '....Striking the balance between the struggles of having power, the influence of men, both past and present, and the all-important religious control of the time, Gravelle has written a script that puts the audience right in the centre of the conflict....'  A Young(ish) Perspective  

' ....an impressive amount of character, emotion and machinations as our characters scheme their way through one decisive night....completely absorbing'  Everything Theatre

Plot Summary                                                       

Cardinal Pole, (cousin to the new queen Mary Tudor and Princess Elizabeth Tudor), has secretly brought the condemned Lady Jane Grey to Greenwich Palace to speak with Queen Mary, in the hopes of making Jane recant and save her life, and start Mary's reign without a killing. However, will Mary, newly crowned, find her compassion to do as Pole wants? Does Jane really want to change, and who does the Elizabeth really want to save? And just why does Cardinal Pole want to save Lady Jane Grey? One night where three women's fates will be sealed, and one night where family turns out to be deadly. 

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Cast: x6 

Approx. running time: 75 minutes  

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Three Queens allows for the cast to work within Covid social distancing guidelines if needed.

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Learn more about past Three Queens stage production s here

Three Queens production history can be found here

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