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Tue 10 Nov - Sat 14 Nov

By Royal Appointment

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Times
 7:30pm, 2:30pm Sat

Running Time 2 hours 20 mins (includes interval)

Venue Main House, York Theatre Royal

Matinee(s)2:00pm Thu

Age 14+

By Royal Appointment

Tue 10 Nov - Sat 14 Nov

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Dates

Tue 10 Nov - Sat 14 Nov

Times

7:30pm, 2:30pm Sat

Matinee(s)

2:00pm Thu

Running Time

2 hours 20 mins (includes interval)

Venue

Main House, York Theatre Royal

Age

14+

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This show will be onsale for YTR members at 1pm on 06 Jul. General onsale will open at 1pm on 11 Jul. Find out more about becoming a YTR member here.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was famous for her discretion. She never said anything in public that could ruffle the lightest of feathers. But she had one way of expressing what she really thought – through her wardrobe.

By Royal Appointment is a funny, poignant and celebratory new play about the kind of power that only a Queen can wield – she charms the world through coats and admonishes her family through a carefully chosen hat.

But the Queen herself is uninterested in fashion, her look is managed by her Designer, her Milliner and most powerful of all, her Dresser who was a working-class girl who goes from advising the Queen on the colour of her lipsticks to the real power behind the throne. But the Dresser, like all royal favourites is living on borrowed time.

By Royal Appointment is a behind the scenes peek into the world of our most popular monarch and the image she presented to the world. Starring much-loved Jane Asher as The Queen, stage and screen star Samantha Womack as The Dresser with Matthew Cottle as The Milliner this smash hit play is written by Daisy Goodwin who created the hit ITV series Victoria.

Join the celebrations this year for Queen Elizabeth II’s Centenary and book your tickets today.

“Goodwin’s dialogue crackles with wit – a natural storyteller” The Times

“Poignant, thoughtful and elegantly clever” Bath Magazine

Join us for a Post Show Discussion after the Thu 12 Nov, 7.30pm performance with the Company.

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Cast

Jane Asher

The Queen

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