Hail and Reign
2011
Music by Paul Lewis
Book and lyrics by
Colin Speer Crowley
October 1 &2
Wilton Playshop
Stage Director: Tom ZImmerman
Music Director: Jamie Ratcliffe
Cast
Chronicler………………………Linda Palmer
Matilda,
daughter of King Henry…Heather O’Connor
Stephen of Blois…………….Alex Gonzales
Mattty, Stephen’s wife……Candice Edwards
Henry, Bishop of Winchester..John Matilaine
Robert, Earl of Glocester…Martin Diamond
William Marshall……………..Sean Yu
King Henry I…………………….Marc Packer
The Players
Valerie Whitmer, Jim Cooper, Frederick Whitmer, Jason Michael Maur, Julie Statius-Muller
The story takes place in 1135-1141, whne King Henry I decreed that his daughter Matilda would be his rightful heir, to the dismay of the court, who knew that she was wild and difficult (as well as being a woman).
When Henry dies, the court appoints Stephen of Blois to succed to the trhrone, even as Matilda is being summoned from France to take over the throne. And here’s where the story begins…
…An unusual tale of two women named Matilda who both claimed the throne!
