Review of “Queen Anne” (LINKED) by Helen Edmundson, Royal Shakespeare Company. Play on “England’s forgotten queen” in 1702 and her relationship with Sarah Churchill, the most powerful woman in England. Add The Duke of Marlborough, Daniel Defoe, Robert Harley, Sir John Radcliffe, Sydney Godolphin and Jonathan Swift. Lively telling of the reign where Great Britain was united, and became a major power, andwhen political parties really started. Anne was the most successful Stuart monarch.
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