Mary Stuart or Tortured Majesty. Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation 27 by van den Vondel, Joost, 1587-1679. [Mary Stuart] Aercke, Kristiaan P., editor & translator

Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa, 1996. Soft Cover. 119 p.; 21.5 cm. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Kristiaan P. Aercke. In this Catholic apologetic tragedy, Vondel takes the side of Queen Mary, martyred for her religion. The play's rich rhetorical texture surrounds the final hours before her beheading, when ladies-in-waiting, priests, enemy courtiers, and executioners express their conflicting views and Mary prepares herself for a noble and dignified death. Paper; new from publisher. stock#102083x.