Cultural depictions of Mary, Queen of Scots

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A 19th-century painting of Mary Queen of Scots in the Hermitage, Russia Mary Queen of Scots from Hermitage.jpg
A 19th-century painting of Mary Queen of Scots in the Hermitage, Russia
Cassandra Austen's drawing of Mary Queen of Scots in Jane Austen's burlesque juvenile History of England CassandraAusten-MaryQueenofScots.jpg
Cassandra Austen's drawing of Mary Queen of Scots in Jane Austen's burlesque juvenile History of England

Mary, Queen of Scots, has inspired artistic and cultural works for more than four centuries. The following lists cover various media, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture. The entries represent portrayals that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalogue.

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Films

An 1895 reproduction of the historic scene, produced by Edison Manufacturing Co.
Katharine Hepburn in John Ford's 1936 film adaption of Maxwell Anderson's play Mary of Scotland Hepburn mary of scotland.jpg
Katharine Hepburn in John Ford's 1936 film adaption of Maxwell Anderson's play Mary of Scotland

The 1936, 1971 and 2018 film dramatizes a fictional meetings between Queens Mary and Elizabeth take place.

Literature

Fiction and drama

This list is in chronological order.

Historical biography and analysis

This list is in chronological order.

Photography and art books

Poetry

Music

Opera

Mary Queen of Scotts (c. 1578), by Nicholas Hilliard, depicts Queen Mary in captivity. She was a regular topic of 19th century European opera. Mary Queen of Scots by Nicholas Hilliard 1578.jpg
Mary Queen of Scotts (c. 1578), by Nicholas Hilliard, depicts Queen Mary in captivity. She was a regular topic of 19th century European opera.

The subject of Mary, Queen of Scots was a common one in 19th century opera. Usually, the operas dealt with the period of her life when she was being persecuted by Elizabeth I of England. Mary was considered a sympathetic character in southern Europe due to her Catholicism.

Mary's story proved popular among liberals and revolutionaries in 19th-century Italy. These were especially attracted by the various plots made to save her as well as her death as a political martyr, both of which they interpreted as comparable to their own struggle. The Carbonari took their name from a mythical ring of English coal-burners, supposedly dedicated to Mary's cause. For this reason, the subject of Mary Stuart came to be seen as a concern of radicals, and operas about her were banned on several occasions. [10]

Nineteenth-century operas about Mary include:

Twentieth-century operas about Mary include:

Radio

Television

Theatre

18th and 19th centuries

Mary, Queen of Scots, captured the imagination of Italian radicals and their fellow travellers as a political symbol. The restless interest in this tormented figure resulted in multiple 18th and 19th century plays, such as:

20th and 21st centuries

Clare Eames in the Broadway production of John Drinkwater's Mary Stuart (1921) Mary-Stuart-Clare-Eames.jpg
Clare Eames in the Broadway production of John Drinkwater's Mary Stuart (1921)

See also

References

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  2. Colin Younger, Border Crossings: Narration, Nation and Imagination in Scots and Irish Literature and Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. ISBN   9781443854115 (pgs. 119-120)
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  10. Weatherson, Alexander. "Queen of dissent: Mary Stuart and the opera in her honour by Carlo Coccia". donzinetticociety.com.
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  15. "BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, La princesse de Cleves". BBC.
  16. "BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Mary Stuart". BBC.
  17. "Sunday Play: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 11 February 2001.
  18. "BBC Radio 4 - The Stuarts, It Came In with a Lass". BBC.
  19. "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Unmade Movies, Alexander MacKendrick's Mary Queen of Scots". BBC.
  20. "Australian Actress Secures Her Reign". Sun Times.
  21. 1 2 Weatherson, Professor Alexander (2001). Mary Stuart and the opera in her honour by Carlo Coccia.
  22. 1 2 "Mary Stuart – Broadway Play – 2009 Revival | IBDB".