Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the Queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this "acute study in the art of double-dealing politics." (The New York Times) Includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 2006. Directed by Rosalind Ayres Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Sheelagh Cullen as Hanna Kennedy Kenneth Danziger as Amias Paulet Seamus Dever as Mortimer Jill Gascoine as Elizabeth Matt Gaydos as O’Kelly Martin Jarvis as Lord Burleigh Alex Kingston as Mary Stuart Christopher Neame as William Davison Alan Shearman as Melvil W. Morgan Sheppard as George Talbot Simon Templeman as Robert Dudley Associate Producer: Brendon Fox; Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden; Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo; Stage Manager: Erica Christensen; Music Supervisor: Scott Willis. Dedicated to the memory of Susan Raab Simonson.
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Simon Templeman is a British actor who frequently voices vampire characters in video games, most notably Kain from the Legacy of Kain video game series.
Simon Templeman is a British actor who frequently voices vampire characters in video games, most notably Kain from the Legacy of Kain video game series.
Martin Jarvis, OBE, has recorded more than 150 Just William stories for the BBC. These have become international audio bestsellers. He won the Theatre World Award for his starring role on Broadway in By Jeeves; his West End appearances include works by Ayckbourn, Frayn, Pinter, and Wilde. Screen successes include everything from Stargate Atlantis, Doctor Who, and Numb3rs to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the Oscar-winning Titanic.
Ken Danziger (a.k.a. Kenneth Scott) has been an actor almost longer than he can remember. He has enjoyed it all: training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England and stage, film, and television work in London, New York, and currently in Los Angeles. There have been many highlights along the way, not least among them working on this book.
W. Morgan Sheppard is an award-winning British actor who has appeared on Broadway and in major films and television shows. His audiobook narrations have garnered several Audie Awards and an AudioFile Earphones Award. He has appeared in numerous films and television series, including Star Trek, Mad Men, and the movie Transformers, among many others, and has won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
Seamus Dever is an award-winning actor and star of ABC’s Castle as Homicide Detective Kevin Ryan. His other television roles include Army Wives, General Hospital, and Mad Men, and his film credits include Hollywoodland. He is well known to theater audiences for his acclaimed role of Alex in A Clockwork Orange. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre. He and his wife Juliana reside in Los Angeles with their two rescue dogs and are proud vegetarians active in animal rights and environmental causes.