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Elizabeth the Queen (play)

Elizabeth the Queen was a 1930 Broadway three-act play written in blank verse by Maxwell Anderson, produced by the Theatre Guild, directed by Philip Moeller and with scenic and costume design by Lee Simonson. It ran for 147 performances from November 3, 1930, to March 1931 at the Guild Theatre. The starring roles were played by Lynn Fontanne as Elizabeth and Alfred Lunt as Lord Essex.

Plot
The play revolves around the turbulent love affair between the aging Queen Elizabeth I of England and her much younger suitor Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, who is ambitious for the throne. ==Cast==
Cast
Lynn Fontanne as ElizabethAlfred Lunt as Lord Essex • Mab Anthony as MaryMorris Carnovsky as Francis BaconPercy Waram as Sir Walter RaleighRobert Conness as Lord BurghleyArthur Hughes as Sir Robert CecilWhitford Kane as BurbagePhoebe Brand as Ellen • Louise Huntington as a Lady-in-waiting • Annabelle Williams as a Lady-in-waiting • Royal Beal as Marvel • Barry Macollum as the fool • Philip Foster as Captain Armin • Edla Frankau as Tressa • Anita Kerry as Penelope Gray • Edward Oldfield as a captain of the guards • Curtis Arnall as Poins, and as a courtier, a guard and a man-at-arms • Charles Brokaw as a courier and as Heming • Robert Caille as a courtier • John Ellsworth as a man-at-arms • Vincent Sherman as a herald Multiple roles as Courtiers, Guards, Men-at-arms: • Michael Borodin • James A. Boshell • Thomas Eyre • George Fleming • Perry King • Henry Lase • Guy Moore • Stanley Ruth • Nick Wiger • James Wiley ==References==
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