Traitor, bastard, heretic, prisoner... You may call her Queen. RECOMMENDED BY THE TIMES (UK) PICK OF EDINBURGH 2010 - DOMINIC MAXWELL At a vital crossroads in time, a young queen steps from the shadows to unburden herself of her many troubles, revealing her innermost thoughts on marriage, succession, religion, war, and the many challenges to her throne. Defying the establishment by choosing to lead her country alone, she forsakes her own dreams and desires to steer England towards national and spiritual security. But time is against her... Queen at 25, the most educated woman of her Age, political phoenix, and famously unmarried, but who was the woman beneath the crown? Using only Elizabeth's own letters, speeches and writings, I, Elizabeth explores her struggle to reconcile her womanhood with sovereignty. From the same creative team from last year's hugely acclaimed Austen's Women which has since toured the U.K. and London's West End, writer/performer Rebecca Vaughan again directed by Guy Masterson, director of the Olivier Award winning Morecambe, now dons a different type of corset, moving back a further 200 years from Georgian to Elizabethan. _x001C_ Vaughan's script creates an exquisite patchwork of an intellectually passionate woman married to her country and mother to its citizens. On its own, the text sheds a poignant light on a remarkable woman. As a spectacle, it becomes a remarkable piece of historical ventriloquism. This spellbinding performance is evidently a true labour of love, created with delicacy and portrayed with startling conviction._x001D_ (What's On Stage Edinburgh _x0018_ 10)
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