Crown Matrimonial (1973)

Directed by Peter Dews
Cast: Paddy Croft, George Grizzard, Eileen Herlie, Patrick Horgan, Ruth Hunt, Eleanor Phelps, Enid Rodgers, Richard Sterne

Crown Matrimonial is a 1972 play by Royce Ryton about the 1936 abdication crisis. The play is set in Marlborough House, the residence of the Dowager Queen Mary, between 1936 and 1945. It dramatises the private effects of the abdication on the Royal Family. The debut production at the Haymarket Theatre was notable for being the first time a living member of the Royal Family – Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother – was portrayed on stage in the UK.

Theater

Helen Hayes Theater · Broadway

Closed

December 9, 1973