MARY STUART MITEM 14
Adaptation by Robert Icke after Friedrich Schiller
Exciting, extraordinary, seductive – this is how one could describe the meeting between British playwright Robert Icke and director Andrei Șerban on the stage of Bucharest's National Theater. "Mary Stuart" tells the story of two women who dominate the history of their times: the exiled Queen of Scotland and Elizabeth I, Queen of England. The former imprisoned for the mistake of threatening her cousin's crown, the latter a prisoner of her status as monarch. The one, sensual and passionate, the other, circumspect and desolate. Yet so alike. Two poles of strength, ambition and hubris. Coagulated around the concept of duality, the action of this historical thriller seems drawn from the reality of our present: manipulation, backroom games for political and religious supremacy have written history.
14
Performance length: 2 hour(s) 50 minutes
Number of breaks: 1
Actors and cast:
Mary Stuart / Elisabeth I: Raluca Aprodu, Ofelia Popii
Paulet: Mihai Călin
Lord Burleigh: Conrad Mericoffer
The Leicester Count: Emilian Oprea
William Davison: Ciprian Nicula
Mortimer: Florin Aioane / Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu / Ștefan Mihai
Lord Talbot: Marius Bodochi
Lord Aubespine: Mihai Calotă
Kent / Melvil: Florin Călbăjos
Associate Director: Daniela Dima
Stage designer: Helmut Stürmer
Costume designer: Andreea Grămoșteanu
Music: Alexei Țurcan
Video design: Andrei Cozlac
Lighting Design: Cristian Niculescu
Lighting Design assist.: Daniel Mateescu
Assistant Director: Corina Mihaela Predescu
Assistant Scenography: Șteff Chelaru
Sound Design: Liviu Stoica
Delegated Producer: Mădălina Ciupitu
Technical Director (Stage Director): Costi Lupșa, Adrian Ionescu
Prompter: Angelica Manciu
Public Relations: Florin Ghioca