Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

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  Vanessa Redgrave

  Mary, Queen of Scots
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  Glenda Jackson

  Queen Elizabeth
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  Patrick McGoohan

  James Stuart
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  Timothy Dalton

  Henry, Lord Darnley
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  Nigel Davenport

  Lord Bothwell
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  Trevor Howard

  William Cecil
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  Daniel Massey

  Robert Dudley
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  Ian Holm

  David Riccio
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  Andrew Keir

  Ruthven
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  Katherine Kath

  Catherine De Medici