Elizabeth R
1971, Series, 87 min, Biography, Drama, History, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 71
GLENDA JACKSON IS ELIZABETH
This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.
Directed by Roderick Graham, Richard Martin, Donald McWhinnie, Claude Whatham, Herbert Wise
Cast
- Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I
- Ronald Hines as William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
- Robert Hardy as Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
- Stephen Murray as Walsingham
- John Shrapnel as Earl of Sussex
- Angela Thorne as Lettice Knollys, Lady Leicester
- Robin Ellis as Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex)
- Peter Jeffrey as King Philip II of Spain
- Rachel Kempson as Kat Ashley
- Vivian Pickles as Mary, Queen of Scots
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