Queen
Theatre (spoken word, historical)
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Venue 20Assembly Rooms - Drawing Room
- 13:00
- Aug 25
- 1 hour
- Country: United Kingdom - England
- Group: Chronicles of Ikaro in Association with Cahoots Theatre Company Ltd
- Warnings and additional info: None
- Accessibility: May not apply to all performances. You'll find more information about accessibile performances and how to book tickets in the accessibility tab below.
- Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
- Policy applies to: Children under 18 months
Description
The only Empress Queen, a model for the modern monarchy, Victoria is a prism through which the entire Crown can be seen. Using her own words from journals and letters and diaries, the play was a world-wide success for 28 years starring Prunella Scales, who features in newly-recorded voiceover made for this adaptation. It truly reveals how someone in a position so totally unlike anyone else’s can be un-self-confident, proud, possess wide human sympathies, fall in love, grieve and foster a deep sense of alone-ness. She even has a surprising sense of humour.Please note that while all media gallery content is provided by verified members of the event, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society does not review or approve this content before it is posted. Reports of inappropriate content or copyright infringement can be directed to [email protected].
General venue access
- Accessible entry: There is lift access into the performance space. If not taking the lift there are 23 steps into the venue.
- Stairs: 20+
Wheelchair access type: Building Lift
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How and when to make an access booking
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Eddie Reynolds;www.theatreeeddys.com 14 days ago
“Queen”
From her age of five in 1824 until her dying moments in 1901 after 63 years of reign, Victoria speaks to us in words all taken from her diary, letters, and published writings. “Queen” as edited by Julian Manchin is an updated and retitled version of Katrina Hendrey’s one-woman show An Evening With Queen Victoria which starred Prunella Scales and was performed for many years. A beautiful and moving recording of Ms. Scales as Queen Victoria in 1900 opens the show.
Grace Darling plays the young Victoria with all the excitement, eyes of wonder, and whimsies of a young girl on her way eventually to being crowned Queen at age of 18. As the Queen ages, Sara Crowe takes over the role, bringing much dignity, a sense of adventure, and a deep love for her husband (with a little left over for her nine children). Both actresses are superb, even stunning in their roles, each also ably stepping in from time to time to play other characters such as Prime Ministers Melbourne or Disraeli. “Queen” is enlightening, intriguing, and guaranteed to bring smiles and maybe a tear or two.
Rating: 5 E
Jo 15 days ago
Excellent show that exceeded my expectations. It's an incredible skill (pleasure for the audience) to bring a historical figure to life through their own words. The show managed to make Victoria alive and capture her humanity (rather than a highly dramatised depiction). Despite being a royal, her joys, problems and grief are extremely relatable to anyone who has experienced those.
It was undeniably moving. As a historian of the 19th century I appreciated the educational value of the play. As someone who got engaged in front of Prince Albert's cairn, I couldn't stop thinking about what a blessing it is to love someone as deeply as Victoria loved Albert. On the most basic level, the play also invoked questions of loneliness, longing, and the nature of human existence. Beautiful experience.
matt 20 days ago
Very Interesting story, well delivered. Well done.
Kelly Smith 28 days ago
Powerful, emotional and a beautifully acted insight into Queen Victoria. Both actors were convincing as they played both the Queen and other historical characters. Bringing her to life through her own words. Well worth seeing.
Ed Connor, Baltimore Maryland 30 days ago
I was not prepared for how emotionally agonizing Queen Victoria's journals would be. Wise, and witty, as expected, but human, afraid, torn apart by her life, gutted half way through it, existing as a shell after that for the benefit of others only. The production and performers served as a perfectly transparent lens through which to hear her words. I shed many tears and had to walk out in dark glasses.
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