Swive [Elizabeth] E-Book

Ella Hickson

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

'My mother seduced a man so successfully that he altered the constitutional history of this country.' Elizabeth I is the only unmarried woman to have ever ruled England. And she reigned for forty-four years. Mastermind. Seductress. Survivor. Created by award-winning writer Ella Hickson and director Natalie Abrahami, Swive [Elizabeth] shines a light on the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way. It premiered in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in December 2019.

Leseprobe

Ella Hickson

SWIVE

[ELIZABETH]

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Characters

Swive [Elizabeth]

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Swive [Elizabeth] was first performed in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe, London, on 6 December 2019, with the following cast:

PRINCESS ELIZABETH/

Nina Cassells

WASHERWOMAN/

KATHERINE GREY

QUEEN ELIZABETH/

Abigail Cruttenden

CATHERINE PARR/

MARY TUDOR

WILLIAM CECIL

Michael Gould

THOMAS SEYMOUR/

Colin Tierney

ROBERT DUDLEY

WOODWIND

Sophie Creaner

CELLO

Maddie Cutter

PERCUSSION/MD

Zands Duggan

Writer/Creator

Ella Hickson

Director/Creator

Natalie Abrahami

Designer

Ben Stones

Composer

Angus MacRae

Assistant Director

Anthony Lau

Movement Director

Anna Morrissey

Associate Movement Director

Siân Williams

Globe Associate – Movement

Glynn MacDonald

Voice

Emma Woodvine

Costume Supervisor

Sian Harris

Candle Consultant

Prema Mehta

Consultant

Richard Pinner

Production Manager

Fay Powell Thomas

Stage Manager

Carol Pestridge

Deputy Stage Manager

Olivia Roberts

Assistant Stage Manager

Acknowledgements

My thanks to the cast, the creative and stage management teams, who offered their knowledge in the room and have been a huge help in the development of the script.

Thank you to Dr Will Tosh and the research team at The Globe.

My thanks to Michelle Terry and Jessica Lusk.

My longstanding thanks to The MacDowell Colony for providing the space and time to write.

My particular thanks to Natalie Abrahami and Anthony Lau.

Author’s Note

This play aims to throw light on contemporary issues by looking through a historical prism.

Protestantism wouldn’t have been referred to as Protestantism at the time, the life events of Mary Queen of Scots have been elided, John Knox’s criticism of women in power appeared for the first time in Mary Tudor’s reign. These choices, amongst others, exist in the service of the dramatic intention and themes of the play.

I would encourage future productions to engage with the work as a new play rather than as a history play.

E.H.

For Natalie

Characters

ELIZABETH Q [QUEEN]/CATHERINE PARR/MARY TUDOR

ELIZABETH P [PRINCESS]/KATHERINE GREY/WASHERWOMAN

SEYMOUR/DUDLEY

CECIL

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.