Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V ...

Last Updated on February 18, 2025 Mary’s stage rule is as short as her real one The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum.The Opera followed Mary ...

An eight-hour choral extravaganza of a universal prayer is to open the Edinburgh International Festival at the Usher Hall.

Gareth Russell's fabulous new history of the first King of Britain lays bare the voracious gay love life of King James I ...

Mary, Queen of Scots never quite hits true operatic heights of emotion, but is suitably atmospheric for a dark and wet February night.

With the 96-year-old US-resident composer in attendance, the opening of Thea Musgrave’ s Mary, Queen of Scots was an event of the kind that used to be a regular occurrence at the English ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of King James VI and I. The greatest legacy of his reign was the ...

The cup is on display at the Helena Thompson Museum A communion cup belonging to Mary Queen of Scots has "returned home". The cup, known as the Luck of Workington, had been donated by the royal to ...

An eight-hour classical music concert concert, performed in its entirety for the first time in the UK since its premiere, is to open this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. The Veil of the ...

In this Robert Wilson production, Isabelle Huppert is everywhere onstage, all at once, reciting a nonstop script that may ...

Well, one has found a new life centre-stage at the Coliseum, where it sits throughout the entirety of Thea Musgrave's divine Mary, Queen of Scots. It's erected by hoodie-wearing stage crew as we ...