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The story of the “impossible Queen”, Cristina of Sweden, educated and rebellious, admired and opposed, unpredictable and courageous. An unusual woman.

The Thirty Year’ War is underway when Gustav II Adolf of Sweden dies, leaving the throne to his only daughter, Cristina, aged just 6 at the time. Educated, intelligent, attracted to philosophy, art and theatre, during her reign the young Queen will transform Stockholm into a “Northern Athens”, inviting the most famous personalities of the time such as Pascal and Descartes to her court. Her father has given her a boy’s education, teaching her as a child to ride and shoot. As she grows older, she will continue to prefer male clothes, behaving like a man, and loving the company of women especially – these romances are told by Fo with vitality and discretion -. Following her umpteenth free and controversial decision, that of converting to Catholicism, Cristina is forced to abdicate in favor of her cousin. Fearing reactions and vendettas from the protestants, she immediately leaves Sweden, and will spend the rest of her life in exile.