Crown Matrimonial Crown Matrimonial
a DRAMA
by Royce Ryton
November 17, 18, 19, 20
23, 24, 25, 26 2011
Note: Matinee performances are scheduled on Sunday November 19th and Saturday November 26th and begin at 2pm. All other performances begin at 8pm.
This year sees the 75th anniversary of the 1936 abdication crisis which brought the diffident and stuttering King George VI to the throne, an event depicted in the recent highly
successful film, The King's Speech. It is this crisis which is at the heart of Royce
Ryton's play, showing us the volatile
relationship between Queen Mary and her son King Edward VIII caused by his love affair with a divorced woman, Wallis
Simpson. The author shows us the King's conviction that without Mrs. Simpson he could not do his job, and his readiness to sacrifice his throne and his family, espe-cially his stammering younger brother, who must succeed him.