Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

Vanessa Redgrave

Mary, Queen of Scots

Glenda Jackson

Queen Elizabeth

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James Stuart

Timothy Dalton

Henry, Lord Darnley

Nigel Davenport

Lord Bothwell

Trevor Howard

William Cecil

Daniel Massey

Robert Dudley

Ian Holm

David Riccio

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