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Glenda Jackson
Queen Elizabeth I
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Season 1
1971 | 6 Episodes
Season 1 of Elizabeth R premiered on Feb 17 1971
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A review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 01 2024
Depicting the life of Elizabeth Tudor, this six part drama series takes us as she evolves from the terrified Princess living under constant threat of death to the famed Virgin Queen who ruled England for 45 years. Glenda Jackson is superb in the title role with a supporting cast from amongst the finest English stage and television actors - notably Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray, John Shrapnel and Robert Hardy. The script is tight, the direction focused and the performances convey all the peril, malevolence, greed, perniciousness and ambition of the 16th Century English court. It rarely ventures o...
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Status
Ended
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Type
Miniseries
Original Language
English
Keywords
- england
- queen elizabeth i
- royalty
- miniseries
- palace intrigue
- historical drama
- costume drama
- 16th century
- british monarchy