Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter star in Freidrich Schiller's political thriller.
| Role | Name |
| Mary Queen of Scots | Janet McTeer |
| Elizabeth I | Harriet Walter |
| Sir Amias Paulet | Michael Countryman |
| Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester | John Benjamin Hickey |
| George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury | Brian Murray |
| Count Aubespine/Melvil | Michael Rudko |
| William Davison | Robert Stanton |
| Hanna Kennedy | Maria Tucci |
| Mortimer | Chandler Williams |
| William Cecil, Lord Burleigh | Nicholas Woodeson |
| Role | Name |
| Written by | Freidrich Schiller |
| Adapted by | Peter Oswald |
| Director | Phyllida Lloyd |
| Set and Costume Designer | Anthony Ward |
| Lighting Designer | Hugh Vanstone |