Don Carlos

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Play Opened 3 February 2005, Closed 30 April 2005

Gielgud Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Friedrich Schiller's play Don Carlos directed by Michael Grandage.

"A magnificent play, magnificently performed" The Daily Telegraph

Don Carlos is passionately in love with Elizabeth, the French Princess to whom he was once betrothed. Carlos' tyrannical father, King Philip II of Spain, decides to marry Elizabeth himself.

The young prince’s hatred for his cold and distant parent knows no bounds. He enlists his oldest friend, Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa to act as go-between. But Posa decides to convert Carlos and Elizabeth’s youthful passion into a full scale rebellion against King Philip’s oppressive and bloody regime.

Derek Jacobi stars as Philip II of Spain with Richard Coyle as Don Carlos and Una Stubbs as the Duchess of Olivarez in this production which is adapted by Mike Poulton and which transfers to London's West End from The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

"Derek Jacobi is magnificent" The Sunday Telegraph

"Michael Grandage's stunning production... What a superb evening" The Daily Mail

Buy the book Don Carlos by Frederic Schiller adapted by Mike Poulton online