Queen Amarantha

Queen Amarantha

Queen Amarantha

Queen Amarantha

Overview

An homage to nineteenth century historical melodrama, Queen Amarantha tells the story of a fictional monarch, Amarantha, the daughter of a barbaric warrior king, who tries to emerge from her father’s shadow. Like Sweden’s Queen Christina, she is uncomfortable with her society’s conventional female role and prefers to dress as a man. She falls in love with a wanderer named Adrian and when her enemies destroy her reputation through a manipulated scandal, Amarantha abdicates and runs away with Adrian. She leaves the throne to her young and hopelessly weak ward, Roderigo, who becomes a pawn of Amarantha’s enemies, particularly her treacherous childhood friend, the Countess Thalia.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Adventure, Period
  • Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble cast, Room for Extras, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Charles Busch

Charles Busch is the author and star of such plays as The Divine Sister, The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, The Confession of Lily Dare and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; one of the longest-running plays in the history of off-Broadway. His play The Tale of the Allergist’s ...

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