The Lunatic Queen
The Lunatic Queen opened at The Riverside Studios, London on 26 February 2005, with the following cast:
FERDINAND, Pip Donaghy
ISABELLA, Siobhan Redmond
JUANA, Lucy Gaskell
LUDO, Leon Lee
ANGELINA, Chipo Chung
PHILIP, Stephen Kennedy
AFONSO/ENRIQUEZ/ARDILLES/GRUNT/DE LA CRUZ/COLOMBUS, Adrian Rawlins
Director, Tim Stark
...one of the best new plays in town...richly deserving a transfer up West...waspishly funny...
DAILY EXPRESS
...entertains and disturbs simultaneously...the journey to an uncertain destination is never dull...a tribute to Torben Betts's ambition and vitality...
OBSERVER
Torben Betts’ epic historical drama ranges from high satire to grand guignol horror, touching on themes of history, religion, philosophy, sexuality and psychology... every individual scene scores...
THE STAGE