The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonThe queen's relationship with Sarah Churchill (an icily seductive Natascha McElhone) is central to this fascinating, topical production on the last Stuart queen's political isolation " and her strengthsStage monarchs invariably attract our sympathy, whether they are mad, like Alan Bennett's George III, or dethroned, like Mike Bartlett's Charles III. Helen Edmundson's fascinating new play …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AM on December 1, 2015