With

Isabelle Kerisit — Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, wife of Edward

Daphné de Quatrebarbes — Isabelle Warwick, wife of George

Sylvia Roux — Julie Garance, Anne Warwick, future Queen of England

Anne M. Roycourt — The Duchess of York, mother of Anne Dexter, Edward, George, and Richard

Sarah Vermande — Queen Margaret, former Queen of England

Clio Van de Walle — Anastasia Robin, Anne Dexter, sister of Edward, George, and Richard

Immortalised by Shakespeare, these queens—both trivial and magnificent—return to life to perpetuate all the madness and cruelty of their tragic existences.

They are primarily female figures drawn from English history, particularly from the period of the Wars of the Roses and from Shakespeare’s Richard III.

These characters did in fact exist in English history. Normand Chaurette draws freely from these historical figures and the events of their time, especially the turbulent fifteenth‑century era of the Wars of the Roses. However, he does not seek to create a faithful historical reconstruction.

Chaurette places them in a unique, timeless theatrical space, exploring their psychologies, rivalries, and tragic destinies in a poetic and often fragmented manner. The play focuses on their experiences as women of power in a male‑dominated world, rather than on a linear historical narrative.

Thus, while the names and contexts are historical, the play takes artistic liberties to explore universal themes through these emblematic figures.

QUEENS by Normand Chaurette