Mother's Daughter

By Kate Hennig

In this stunning third part to Kate Hennig’s powerful Queenmaker series, England’s first queen regnant finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial bonds in the power struggle that dubs her Bloody Mary.

Upon the death of King Edward VI, the thirty-eight-year-old princess Mary—daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon—wrests the throne from Edward’s deemed heir. But Mary’s mother appears from the vaults of memory, and adamantly questions the motives of Mary’s cousin Jane and her half-sister Bess, despite Mary’s affection for them both. As the kingdom splits along Roman Catholic and Protestant lines, Mary walks a gauntlet of squabbling ethics and politics, and is forced to make some tough decisions. Should she execute her opponents before it’s too late, the way her father did? Should she scramble to find a husband who can give her a rightful heir? And can she trust her mother, her sister, or even herself?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Release date: Jun 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9780369100122

Kate Hennig

Kate Hennig is a playwright, performer, teacher, director, and Associate Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival. Kate’s play, The Last Wife, which premiered at the Stratford Festival in 2015, has had many subsequent productions across Canada and the US. The Virgin Trial was awarded the Carol Bolt Award for Best New Play in 2017, and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. The third play in Kate's Tudor series, Mother’s Daughter, will premiere at the Stratford Festival in 2019. Visit kathennig.com for more information.