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This is a very gripping programme, produced in Britain and originally shown on the PBS series, Masterpiece Theatre.
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This miniseries was directed by Coky Giedroyc, a musty of television productions in Britain, including another royal-themed miniseries, ‘William and Mary’, in 2003. Giedroyc brings an inspiring unique twist to the series – rather than filming things in majestic, sweeping camera pans with classical music as a background, and rather than having the dialogue (and acting) be in a stilted, falsely formal style, Giedroyc incorporates novel music with medieval and Celtic flavouring to it (both of which have experienced a renaissance of sorts in the past decade), and the situations are decidedly original without being out of situation in their gain times.
This presents the life of Elizabeth from her young adulthood under Queen Mary, as a supposed participant in intrigues against the Catholic Queen, through to her death after serving decades on the throne of England as the Virgin Queen, the queen who never married. In fact, the miniseries plays a tantalising game with Elizabeth’s virginity, showing her desires (as well as those around her) without ever giving up the game of ‘was she or wasn’t she? ‘ Anne-Marie Duff plays the piece of Elizabeth, and does a remarkably able job for such a complex figure. Duff won the Irish Television award and was nominated for the BAFTA award for best actress in a television drama in another series, ‘Shameless’, last year.
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Duff is joined by Tom Hardy, who plays the role of Robert Dudley, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth. Dudley is also an extraordinarily complex role, as he played several sides in the political struggles during Elizabeth’s early reign, and was fraction of a family well experienced in regal intrigue – Robert Dudley’s family had tried to manage the reign of Elizabeth’s brother Edward, engineer the accession of Lady Jane Grey (placing Guildford Dudley on the throne with her), and is sometimes referred to as ‘the uncrowned kings of England’. In fact, perhaps the most magnificent single scene in this miniseries is after Elizabeth has elevated Robert Dudley to the earldom of Leicester, and during her illness, he sits upon the throne as the protector of the realm. Hardy is well beneficial to this role, and plays it with skill.
The sets are appropriate to their time period, neither too ornate nor too medieval; the costumes also have a touch of modernity to them, but are collected primarily of the period. The situations presented give safe insight into the overall pattern of Elizabeth’s reign and some of the considerable concerns during that time period, although to compress such a long reign into such a short time frame as a four-hour miniseries by necessity means that the history has had to be selectively chosen. Elizabeth faced problems from without and within, many of which were far more complex and pressing than her marriage suppose. In the kill, Elizabeth made the honest decision for the time, if not for the future.
This is a vast production for television, and holds up well against other major productions featuring the Virgin Queen Elizabeth of a few years ago.
This production has a lot going for it. Anne-Marie Duff makes a tremendous Elizabeth, and she is supported by an equally talented cast. The sets, lighting, costuming and direction are marvelous, and the makeup artists did a terrific job of aging Duff as the movie progressed. I occasionally found the music too much; it sometimes seemed loud and overwhelmed the action, but overall I enjoyed it.
The earn is that the conception of the movie works better in theory than it does in practice. The Virgin Queen, as the title indicates, focuses on Elizabeth’s personal relationships, most specifically her savor interests. To an extent, limiting the program makes sense; Elizabeth was about 69 at her death, and ascended to the throne at 25. However, over all, Elizabeth’s relationships were unusually embarrassing and sunless, and to focus on them to the near-exclusion of the other events in her life leaves us with miniature more than a gossipy, costumed soap opera. While the events depicted are factual–except where artistic license is musty to interpret dismal aspects–Elizabeth often comes of as a bit trite, and the precise queen, for all of her capriciousness, was anything but trite. She saw her kingdom through massive changes, left it stronger than she found it, and was so influential that her reign is mild considered a golden age.
There are some genuinely touching moments, and the production is of respectable quality. This is a worthwhile assume, so long as you understand that the focus is very minute.
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