"Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this 'acute study in the art of double-dealing politics'.” (The New York Times)

Includes an interview with Jane Dunn, author of Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens.

Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, in December 2006.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Sheelagh Cullen as Hanna Kennedy

Kenneth Danziger as Amias Paulet

Seamus Dever as Mortimer

Jill Gascoine as Elizabeth

Matt Gaydos as O’Kelly

Martin Jarvis as Lord Burleigh

Alex Kingston as Mary Stuart

Christopher Neame as William Davison

Alan Shearman as Melvil

W. Morgan Sheppard as George Talbot

Simon Templeman as Robert Dudley

Associate Producer: Brendon Fox; Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden; Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo; Stage Manager: Erica Christensen; Music Supervisor: Scott Willis.

Dedicated to the memory of Susan Raab Simonson.