Queen Amarantha
by Charles Busch
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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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"Covers all bases from The Prisoner of Zenda to Richard III to Mary Stuart."
— New York Post
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Second Nobleman |
Princess |
Priest |
Roderigo |
Edra |
Duke Of Agar |
Queen Amarantha |
Earl Of Moreland |
Countess Thalia |
Adrian |
Orvall |
Waldemar |
First Nobelman |
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Queen Amarantha is a American play written by Charles Busch and published by Samuel French (1998).
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Samuel French · 1998 · 93 pp
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