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Written by Helen Edmundson, directed by Natalie Abrahami and starring Emma Cunniffe and Romola Garai!

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Performance dates

30th June - 30th September 2017

Run time: 2 hrs and 35 minutes including an interval

Includes interval

4.3

70 reviews

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Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out season at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Queen Anne transfers to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 30 June.
 
Emma Cunniffe (The Crucible, Great Expectations) returns as Queen Anne and is joined by Romola Garai (Suffragette, The Hour) as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough in Helen Edmundson's (The Heresy of Love) gripping play that explores the life of one of England's little known sovereigns who is torn between friendship and duty.
 
Queen Anne is directed by Natalie Abrahami (Happy Days) and plays for a strictly limited thirteen week season.

Queen Anne tickets
Queen Anne tickets

Recent Reviews

4.3
70 reviews
Levente Nyitrai

Absolutely fantastic. Great performance, great show!

Kimberly Durham

Wonderful actors, and powerful.

Jackie Thompson

Really enjoyed play. Great way to update my knowledge of this period of history.

Wendy Benjamin

Excellent seats in the stalls for a very reasonable price

Michael Thomas

Marvellously dramatised version of the Queen, and the Tory Whig machinations. Outstanding presentation of Sarah Marlborough. Nice satirical interludes. Perhaps the superb efforts of Churchill on the continent were underplayed. Some pre-reading recommended for those less steeped in the historical backgound.

Sally Curtis

Queen Anne was a wonderful portrayal of her life. I especially IIked the presentation , a worthwhile way to spend the evening

Julian Knight

An interesting story, well told, acted and presented. A fascinating study of female friendship, of pride and of power - with some relevance to contemporary events. A very professional production, we could hear what the actors were saying! Our only quibble - why was King William played by a black man? We know that William was an outsider to this country, but he's always described as tall, cold and aloof. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

Rachel Lemon

Superbly acted, mostly true tale of Queen Anne and her favourites. Really enjoyed this.

Ruth Glick

Play too long & too full of exposition, though its an interesting period of history which made that less annoying. Acting good, especially the two female leads. Terrible feedback noise intermittently from the speakers. A so so evening in a beautiful theatre.

Patrick Fleming

Brilliant superb acting great story

Patricia Teixeira

Outstanding show, impecable acting, enticing plot. I was delighet and very pleased to have caught this show during my visit to London. A must see.

Anne Harper

Good production values. Interesting play. We were there the night one of the leads had an accident. Understudy did good job and cast coped really well.

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