{"product_id":"9781780011356","title":"Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern classic about the bitter rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England - retold by Scotland's most popular playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Once upon a time, there were twa queens on the wan green island, and the wan green island was split inty twa kingdoms. But no equal kingdoms...'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary and Elizabeth are two women with much in common, but more that sets them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the death of her husband, the Dauphin of France, the beautiful, and staunchly Catholic Mary Stuart has returned from France to rule Scotland, a country she neither knows nor understands. Ill-prepared to rule in her own right, Mary has failed to learn what her protestant cousin, Elizabeth Tudor, knows only too well - that a queen must rule with her head, not her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll too soon the stage is set for a deadly endgame in which there can only be one winner and one queen on the one green island.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A triumph' the characterisations never slide over into caricature but are full-bodied, subtle, humorous and virile' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184190865648,"sku":"9781780011356","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780011356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}