The Abdication
By Ruth Wolff
The Abdication is a play that needs 10 or more performers (4 women, 6 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 10 or more performers
- Roles
- 4 women, 6 men
- Cast notes
- 6m., 4w.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
In 1655, Christina of Sweden abdicated the throne, gives up Protestantism to become a Catholic and arrives in Rome expecting to be welcomed by the pope as the church's newest, most ardent and most celebrated convert. She is stunned to discover that, instead, she is forced to face an intensive examination of her life and motives by Cardinal Azzolino—with whom, shocking and unexpectedly, she falls in love. While based on history, this searing emotion-charged drama is a modern timeless exploration
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