Rosalind Ayres directs the American premiere, prior to its Broadway run, of the stunning new translation of Frederick von Schiller’s classic by Peter Oswald. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this “acute study in the art of double dealing politics” (The New York Times). Elizabeth I is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience – and Mary’s popularity – the Queen agonizes over the fate of her cousin amid fears for her own survival.