The Court The play premiered at the Stratford Festival of Canada in 2000, directed by Martha Henry and starring Diane D'Aquila as Elizabeth, Brent Carver as Ned, Peter Hutt as Will, and Scott Wentworth as Jack.
[4] In 2004, the play received its northern-California premiere in a Pacific Repertory Theatre production at the Golden Bough Playhouse in Carmel, California.
In May 2006, the play made its Los Angeles premiere at The NoHo Arts Center starring Karesa McElheny as Elizabeth, David H. Ferguson as Ned, and Jay Willick as William Shakespeare.
[5] In 2008, it received its French-language premiere (Elizabeth, roi d'Angleterre) at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal, translated by René-Daniel Dubois.
[8] In May 2009, Elizabeth Rex was also staged for the first time in South Korea by Theatre Group Mythos under the direction of professor Oh Kyong-sook in the Woosuk Repertoire Theater.
A production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, with Diane D'Aquila reprising the role of Queen Elizabeth I and co-starring Steven Sutcliffe, opened on December 7, 2011.
The production was directed by Paula Suozzi and featured Deborah Staples as Elizabeth (and Cleopatra in A&C), Christopher Prentice as Ned, Thomas Anthony Quinn as Will, and Matt Daniels as Jack.