Mary Stuart
Louis Butelli on Amias Paulet: "All the courtesy that might seem convenient"
Hello from your friend Louis Butelli. We’re having a blast running Schiller’s Mary Stuart at Folger Theatre. The audiences have been fantastic, the press has been enormously positive, and we hope you’ll join us before we close this production on…
Louis Butelli: Speaking Shakespeare and Schiller
Nancy Robinette (Hanna) and Louis Butelli (Sir Amias Paulet) in Mary Stuart. Hi again from your friend Louis Butelli! Here at the Folger Theatre, our production of Mary Stuart is up and running, and you should definitely come and see…
Louis Butelli: Mary Stuart Tech
Louis Butelli as Sir Amias Paulet Greetings from your friend Louis Butelli. Here at Folger Theatre, Schiller’s Mary Stuart opened last night! Peter Oswald’s electric new translation is directed by Richard Clifford, and stars Kate Eastwood Norris as Mary, Queen…
Oswald and Armitage: Adapting Classics for the Modern Stage
Next Tuesday, February 3rd, British poet-playwrights Simon Armitage and Peter Oswald will be at the Folger to celebrate their work in an evening of readings entitled “Drama and Verse.” Peter Oswald and Simon Armitage. Both poets are distinguished for their…
Louis Butelli: Mary Stuart Rehearsal
Louis Butelli Hello once again from Louis Butelli! Here at Folger Theatre we just had a week of technical rehearsals (or “tech”) on Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart. Directed by Richard Clifford and starring Kate Eastwood Norris and Holly Twyford, the show…
Louis Butelli: Mary Stuart and Monarchy
Louis Butelli Hello once again from your pal Louis Butelli. Here at Folger Theatre, we are currently two weeks into our rehearsal period for Friedrich Schiller’s play Mary Stuart, which begins previews on January 27. We’re having great fun so far…
Mary Stuart Costume Design: Fit For a Queen (or two)
In Mary Stuart, Costume Designer Mariah Hale has the task of clothing Queens, Lords, Earls, Secretaries, Ambassadors, Nurses, Sheriffs, and all the other inhabitants of Queen Elizabeth I’s court – English and French, traitors and loyal subjects together. Mariah has worked in…
Louis Butelli: Mary Stuart Preview
Hello again from your pal Louis Butelli. On behalf of Folger Theatre, I wanted to thank you once again for reading these missives, and for coming along to see our recently-closed production of Julius Caesar. We had an absolute blast…