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Condemned in history as a brutal queen unfit to rule, 'Bloody' Queen Mary
converses both with her own historical legacy and the archbishop she has
condemned to burn at the stake in this defiant, feminist play. Mary, a
queen vilified in history, a delusional madwoman. Cranmer, a historical
martyr. History tells us so. But what of the woman behind the bloody
reputation? What of the man behind the martyr? BURN gives a voice to the
first woman to dare to hold royal power in England – and questions how
villains are made and how we write women into history.
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