Mary Stuart plays final performance on Broadway

The critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Friedrich Schiller�s Mary Stuart, starring Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter, ends its strictly limited engagement on 16 Aug 2009 as scheduled. When the show closes it will have played 22 previews and 137 regular performances

Mary Stuart, in a new version by Peter Oswald and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, openedat Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre on 15 Mar 2009, following previews from 26 Feb 2009.

The production was nominated for seven Tony Awards, of which it won one: Best Revival of a Play; Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Janet McTeer & Harriet Walter); Best Direction (Phyllida Lloyd); Best Costume Design (Anthony Ward - won); Best Lighting Design (Hugh Vanstone); Best Sound Design (Paul Arditti).

The drama opened to excellent reviews: "it is a grand evening. Precise, demanding, and bold" (new yorktheatreguide); "terrifically exciting new production" (New York Times); "as gripping as it is elegant" (New York Post); "This is a superbly focused production" (Variety).

For a Queen to stand, a Queen must fall. Mary Stuart is a Friedrich Schiller�s thrilling account of the extraordinary relationship between England�s Elizabeth I (Harriet Walter) and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots (Janet McTeer), Elizabeth�s rival to the throne. With its behind the scenes intrigue, scheming and betrayal, the play has the feel of a modern-day political thriller.

As well as McTeer and Walter, the play also features Michael Countryman (Sir Amias Paulet), John Benjamin Hickey (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester), Michael Rudko (Count Aubespine / Melvil), Robert Stanton (William Davison), Maria Tucci (Hanna Kennedy), Chandler Williams (Mortimer), Nicholas Woodeson (William Cecil/Lord Burleigh) and Brian Murray (George Talbot / Earl of Shrewsbury).

The production is designed by Anthony Ward, with lighting by Hugh Vanstone and sound by Paul Arditti.

The first Broadway production of Mary Stuart in almost 40 years is produced by Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Barbara Whitman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin.

The Donmar Warehouse production of Mary Stuart played from 14 Jul - 3 Sep 2005. It then transferred into London�s West End where it was produced by Arielle Tepper Madover, ACT Productions, Neal Street Productions & Matthew Byam Shaw and played from 7 Oct 2005 - 14 Jan 2006.