Mary Stuart: Tickets are now on sale to the general public

Tickets are now on sale to the general public for the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Friedrich Schiller�s Mary Stuart, starring Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter.

The critically praised new version by Peter Oswald and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, will open on 19 Apr 2009, following previews from 30 Mar, for a limited engagement running through to 16 Aug 2009, at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.

McTeer will be making her first Broadway appearance since her Tony Award-winning performance in 'A Doll�s House' in 1997. Walter, who won the 2005 Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance, is returning to Broadway for the first time since the Royal Shakespeare Company�s 'All�s Well That Ends Well' in 1983.

The first Broadway production of Mary Stuart in almost 40 years will be produced by Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Scott Delman Barbara Whitman, David Binder/Ruth Hendel, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw.

Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the Donmar said, "I am thrilled we are bringing our work to Broadway again. After the success of 'Frost/Nixon,' I am particularly delighted that American audiences will now get to experience one of the Donmar's great classical productions. Phyllida Lloyd's magnificent account of this historical drama offers audiences a chance to engage with two towering performances."

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.

According to press notes, "Mary Stuart builds to one of the most electrifying dramatic confrontations in world theatre, in which Schiller imagines a meeting between the two monarchs on the grounds at Fotheringay Castle."

Joining McTeer and Walter, will be Michael Countryman as Sir Amias Paulet; John Benjamin Hickey as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Michael Rudkoas Count Aubespine/Melvil; Robert Stanton as William Davison; Maria Tucci as Hanna Kennedy; Chandler Williams as Mortimer; Nicholas Woodeson as William Cecil, Lord Burleigh; and Brian Murray as George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury.

Ben Brantley, New York Times, hailed this production of Mary Stuart as �Ripping. A stage burner of a revival. Mary Stuart is portrayed to a red-blooded fare-thee-well by Janet McTeer. Queen Elizabeth I is portrayed with glittering iciness by Harriet Walter. Mary Stuart has never seemed more pertinent than it does in this vivid incarnation, staged by Phyllida Lloyd.�

The Daily Telegraph pronounced it �Exhilirating� Pure Class!� The Times raved, �Terrific Acting, Terrific Theatre, Terrific Schiller�. The Daily Mail called the production �Unforgettable�. The Observer raved, �Phyllida Lloyd has provided a gleaming, intense Mary Stuart. It�s thrillingly staged and acted to the hilt�. The Sunday Times claimed, �Both female leads crackle with the kind of gun-powder charisma that sparks devotion and forments intrigue. In this fine production, every lie, every deception, rings true�.

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

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