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3 janvier 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufc.38720
- isbn: 9782848676746
- eisbn: 9782848678788
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Ian Brown, « Mary (1977) and Margaret (2000): perspectives on the representation of Scottish historical figures », Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, ID : 10.4000/books.pufc.38720
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Among my plays are two on quite different Scottish Queens, Mary, Queen of Scots, and (Saint) Margaret. The play on the former was presented by the Royal Lyceum in 1977 and the latter at the Gateway Theatre by Queen Margaret University Acting Degree students in 2000.This essay considers the differing dramaturgical approaches taken in drafting the two plays, the ways in which the agency of royal women has been historically represented and how the dramatist can approach that representation. In particular, it considers the ways in which Mary Queen of Scots has often been represented as glamorous, but not powerful, while Margaret has been represented as powerful, but not glamorous, and what this difference implies about both historians’ and dramatists’ views of women in power in history (and not only that of Scotland). It approaches this general discussion with examples not only from the two plays under examination, but also from plays by other playwrights on these queens including Robert Kemp and Liz Lochhead.