• warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/newdramatists.org/archive.newdramatists.org/sites/all/modules/ndadmin/ndadmin.module on line 237.
  • warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/vhosts/newdramatists.org/archive.newdramatists.org/sites/all/modules/ndadmin/ndadmin.module on line 240.

God Save Gertrude

Deborah Stein

Available in Library

With music and additional lyrics by David Hanbury

A play with songs, a concert with characters—God Save Gertrude is punk rock riff on Hamlet in which Queen Gertrude, now a fading punk rocker, sings about her many loves and many mistakes, hoping to incite one last riot before she goes.

Cast Requirements

2 women
2 men

Production and Development History

World Premiere: Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena, CA (2009). Developed: PlayLabs (2006); Orlando Shakespeare Festival (2006); Workhaus Collective (2008).