by Friedrich Schiller
a new adaptation created by Robert Icke

directed by Robert Icke
Set and Costume Design Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting Jackie Shemesh
Composition Laura Marling
Sound Paul Arditti
Video Tim Reid


approx. 3h 15min, incl. interval
from 2.12.2016, 3.12.2016: Juliet Stevenson Mary Stuart, press night 15.12.2016 until 21.1.2017

Elizabeth:                      Juliet Stevenson
Mary Stuart:                    Lia Williams                

OR (decided by a toss of a coin each night (except for previews))

Elizabeth:                      Lia Williams  
Mary Stuart:                    Juliet Stevenson

Aubespine:                      Alexander Cobb
Mortimer:                       Rudi Dharmalingam
Burleigh:                       Vincent Franklin
Davison:                        David Jonsson
Leicester:                      John Light
Kennedy:                        Carmen Munroe
Melville:                       Eileen Nicholas
Kent:                           Daniel Rabin
Paulet:                         Sule Rimit
Talbot:                         Alan Williams

Handmaidens: Katie Buchholz, Faoileann Cunningham, Leaphia Darko, Isabel Della-Porta, Catherine Dryden, Agatha Elwes, Grace Saif, Sofia Oxenham, Eleanor de Rohan, Zoe Templeman-Young, Lettice Thomas, Sarah Williams, Aimee-Lou Wood