Mary Stuart, Duke of York's Theatre review - superb teamwork from Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams in Schiller's thriller
The spin of a coin decrees which queen will wear the crownCasting decisions do not usually make gripping theatre. But in Robert Icke's version of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 political thriller, newly transferred from the Almeida to the West End, settling the question of which of two actresses will play the title role and which her nemesis, Elizabeth I, is an edge-of-the-seat moment night after night.