Margaret of Wessex: A Play in Four Acts

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  • The
  • 11th
  • century
  • was
  • a
  • dangerous
  • time
  • to
  • be
  • of
  • the
  • line
  • unbroken
  • of
  • King
  • Æthelred
  • II
  • Unread
  • and
  • his
  • first
  • queen,
  • Æfgifu
  • of
  • York.
  • Born
  • in
  • Hungary
  • after
  • King
  • Canute
  • III's
  • failed
  • attempt
  • to
  • murder
  • her
  • father,
  • Edward
  • the
  • Exile,
  • Margaret
  • found
  • her
  • life
  • turned
  • upside
  • down
  • by
  • King
  • Edward
  • the
  • Confessor's
  • discovery
  • of
  • her
  • father's
  • survival
  • --
  • and
  • the
  • resulting
  • recall
  • of
  • her
  • and
  • her
  • family
  • to
  • England.In
  • this
  • stage
  • version
  • of
  • “Margaret
  • of
  • Wessex:
  • Mother,
  • Saint,
  • and
  • Queen
  • of
  • Scots”
  • we
  • meet
  • Margaret
  • up
  • close
  • and
  • personal
  • with
  • a
  • little
  • help
  • from
  • her
  • granddaughter,
  • Empress
  • Matilda
  • of
  • England.
  • From
  • exiled
  • princess
  • to
  • political
  • hostage
  • to
  • three
  • successive
  • kings
  • of
  • England
  • to
  • her
  • marriage
  • to
  • the
  • Ceann
  • Mhor
  • of
  • Alba,
  • Margaret
  • lived
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • extraordinary
  • lives
  • in
  • medieval
  • Europe
  • and
  • in
  • the
  • process
  • became
  • one
  • of
  • Scotland’s
  • most
  • beloved
  • Saints
  • and
  • queens.Production
  • notes
  • includes
  • detailed
  • timeline
  • and
  • bibliography
  • from
  • the
  • original
  • book,
  • plus
  • information
  • about
  • units
  • of
  • time
  • in
  • the
  • middle ages.
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