‘Game of Queens: Machiavellian Machinations & Survival Strategies’ is an enthralling narrative of Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I and Catherine de' Medici which includes assassinations, poison, the occult, religious wars and massacres, and (in Catherine's own words) 'passion, hatred, and vengeance', and is illustrated with music (by Attaignant, Arbeau, Bataille, Caccini, Dowland, Guedron, Strozzi), readings from contemporary correspondence, as well as the sonnets and speeches of William Shakespeare. Performed by award-winning period ensemble Charivari Agréable: Isobel Collyer (reader & soprano), Layil Barr (recorders & bass viol), and Kah-Ming Ng (virginals).

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