Details

In a convent in Mexico, one of the brightest women of her generation strives to reconcile her love for God with her desire for learning and acclaim. Her gift for writing plays and poetry is celebrated by the Court, but her success creates alarm and jealousy within the Church. Persecuted by a zealous archbishop and betrayed by those closest to her, Sister Juana s fragile world threatens to crumble around her as everything she holds dear is cruelly destroyed by dangerous ambition and illicit desires.

Cast/Performers

Catherine McCormack (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz), Teresa Banham (Madre Marguerita), Geoffrey Beevers (Fray Antonio), Stephen Boxer (Archbishop Aguiar), Raymond Coulthard (Bishop Santa Cruz), Laura Darrall, Catherine Hamilton (Vicereine), Sarah Ovens (Angelica), Daniel Stewart (Viceroy), Simon Thorp (Don Hernando), Dona Croll, Marty Cruickshank, Diana Kent, Youssef Kerkour, Ian Midlane

Creatives/Company

Author: Helen Edmundson
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Nancy Meckler
Design: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting: Ben Ormerod
Music: Ilona Sekacz
Sound: John Leonard