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The Brfitfish M ovfingg fimagges off the Brfitfish monarchy, fin ffact and fffictfion, are aflmost as T o ofld as the movfingg fimagge fitseflff, datfingg back to an 1895 dramatfic vfiggnette, h The Executfion off Mary Queen off Scots. Led by Queen Vfictorfia, Brfitfish monarchs n e monarchy themseflves appeared fin the new ‘anfimated photoggraphy’ ffrom 1896. Haflff a s century flater, the 1953 coronatfion off Eflfizabeth II was a mfiflestone fin the adoptfion B c off teflevfisfion, watched by 20 mfiflflfion Brfitons and 100 mfiflflfion North Amerficans. r At the century’s end, Prfincess Dfiana’s ffunerafl was vfiewed by 2.5 bfiflflfion worfldwfide. rfi on screen et fi Hfistorfians have arggued that the power off the fimagge has boflstered the Brfitfish es monarchy as fits poflfitficafl power has waned, but medfia schoflars have been sflow to examfine how that power has been secured by royafl seflff-promotfion, entrepreneurfiafl nh defference, narratfive sympathy, reportorfiafl dfiscretfion and spectacuflar exhfibfitfion. In the first book-flenggth examfinatfion off fiflm and teflevfisfion representatfions off m thfis endurfingg finstfitutfion, dfistfinggufished schoflars off medfia and poflfitficafl hfistory anaflyse the screen representatfions off royaflty ffrom Henry VIII to ‘Wfiflflfiam and o Kate’. Amongg thefir concerns are the commercfiafl vaflue off royafl representatfions, n the converggence off the monarch and the movfie star, and the hfistorficafl use off the a movfingg fimagge to mafintafin the Crown’s fleggfitfimacy. r Seventeen essays by finternatfionafl commentators examfine the portrayafl off c Edfited by Mandy Merck royaflty fin the ‘actuaflfity’ pficture, the earfly extended ffeature, amateur cfinema, h the movfie meflodrama, the Commonweaflth documentary, New Queer Cfinema, y TV current affffafirs, the bfigg screen ceremonfiafl and the post-hfistorficafl boxed set. These contrfibutors fincflude Ian Chrfistfie, Eflfisabeth Bronffen, Andrew Hfiggson, Steven Ffiefldfingg, Karen Lury, Gflyn Davfis, Ann Gray, Jane Landman, Vfictorfia Duckett, Jude Cowan Montaggue, James Downs, Barbara Straumann, Defirdre Gfiflffedder, Merck Jo Stephenson, Ruth Adams, Erfin Beflfl, Basfifl Gflynn, Nficofla Rehflfingg and Mandy Merck. A flongg over-due contrfibutfion to fiflm and teflevfisfion studfies, thfis coflflectfion wfiflfl (ed.) become an essentfiafl resource ffor schoflars and students off Brfitfish medfia and poflfitficafl hfistory. Mandy Merck fis Proffessor off Medfia Arts at Royafl Hoflfloway, Unfiversfity off London Front cover: Spectators fin London’s Traffaflggar Square vfiew the royafl coupfle’s post-nuptfiafl kfiss on the bfigg screen, 2011. AP Archfive www.manchesterunfiversfitypress.co.uk ISBN 978-0-7190-9956-4 9780719 099564 The Brfitfish monarchy on screen The Brfitfish monarchy on screen Edfited by Mandy Merck Manchester Unfiversfity Press Copyrfigght © Manchester Unfiversfity Press 2016 Whfifle copyrfigght fin the voflume as a whofle fis vested fin Manchester Unfiversfity Press, copyrfigght fin findfivfiduafl chapters beflonggs to thefir respectfive authors, and no chapter may be reproduced whoflfly or fin part wfithout the express permfissfion fin wrfitfingg off both author and pubflfisher. 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Typeset by Out off House Pubflfishfingg Prfinted by Lfigghtnfingg Source CONTENT S Lfist off fi ggures vfifi Contrfibutors x Acknowfledggements xv Introductfion 1 Mandy Merck Par t I: Vfictorfian finventfions 1 ‘A very wonderffufl process’: Queen Vfictorfia, photoggraphy and fiflm at the fin de sfiècfle 2 3 Ian Chrfistfie 2 Sfixty Years a Queen (1913): a flost epfic off the refiggn off Vfictorfia 47 Jude Cowan Montaggue 3 The heart off a heartfless poflfitficafl worfld: screenfingg Vfictorfia 64 Steven Ffiefldfingg 4 Waflbrook’s royafl wafltzes 86 James Downs Par t II: The Eflfizabethan dfiva 5 Her Majesty moves: Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Eflfizabeth and the deveflopment off motfion pfictures 111 Vfictorfia Duckett 6 Eflfizabeth I: the cfinematfic affterflfiffe off an earfly modern poflfitficafl dfiva 132 Eflfisabeth Bronffen and Barbara Straumann 7 Queens and queenflfiness: Quentfin Crfisp as Orflando ’s Eflfizabeth I 155 Gflyn Davfi s v Contents Part III: Imagges off empfire 8 Renewfingg fimperfiafl tfies: The Queen fin Austraflfia 181 Jane Landman 9 The Kfingg’s Speech : an aflfleggory off fimperfiafl rapport 205 Defirdre Gfiflffedder Part IV: Popuflar partficfipatfion fin royafl representatfion 10 The Queen has two bodfies: amateur fiflm, cfivfic cuflture and the rehearsafl off monarchy 225 Karen Lury 11 The reggafl catwaflk: royafl weddfinggs and the medfia promotfion off Brfitfish ffashfion 243 Jo Stephenson 12 The Queen on the bfigg screen(s): outdoor screens and pubflfic conggreggatfions 264 Ruth Adams Par t V: Teflevfisfion’s contested hfistorfies 13 Teflevfisfion’s royafl ffamfifly: contfinufity and changge 291 Erfin Beflfl and Ann Gray 1 4 T he Tudors and the post-natfionafl, post-hfistorficafl Henry VIII 309 Basfifl Gflynn Part VI: Monarchy fin contemporar y anggflophone cfinema 15 From poflfitficafl power to the power off the fimagge: contemporary ‘Brfitfish’ cfinema and the natfion’s monarchs 339 Andrew Hfiggson 16 Meflodrama, ceflebrfity, The Queen 363 Mandy Merck 17 When words ffafifl: The Kfingg’s Speech as meflodrama 384 Nficofla Rehflfingg Index 406 vfi FIGURE S 1 Eflfizabeth II fis escorted to the 2012 London Oflympfics by James Bond (Danfiefl Crafigg), as fiflmed ffor the BBC by Danny Boyfle. 2 2 An earfly fimagge ffrom the royafl coflflectfion: Queen Vfictorfia wfith ffour off her chfifldren, photoggraphed by Rogger Fenton fin February 1854. 2 5 3 The Dfiamond Jubfiflee processfion on 22 June 1897 provfided an unprecedented spectacfle ffor crowds flfinfingg the route, and ffor the many fiflm companfies who had secured vantagge pofints. 33 4 Queen Vfictorfia (Ina Kastner) proposes to Prfince Aflbert fin a photoggraphfic fiflflustratfion ffrom the May Wynne book accompanyfingg Sfixty Years a Queen (Wfiflflfiam Barker, 1913). 52 5 A poster ffor Vfictorfia the Great (Herbert Wfiflcox, 1937). 71 6 A poster ffor The Youngg Vfictorfia ( Jean-Marc Vaflflée, 2009). 77 7 Anton Waflbrook as Prfince Aflbert at the pfiano fin V fictorfia the Great (Herbert Wfiflcox, 1937). Copyrfigght © STUDIOCANAL Ffiflms Ltd. 93 8 Anton Waflbrook and Anna Neaggfle as the royafl coupfle fin Vfictorfia the Great (Herbert Wfiflcox, 1937). Copyrfigght © STUDIOCANAL Ffiflms Ltd. 97 9 Sarah Bernhardt as Eflfizabeth I fin th e finafl scene off the fiflm versfion off Queen Eflfizabeth . Natfionafl Ffiflm and Sound Archfive off Austraflfia. 113 10 The Earfl off Essex (Lou Teflfleggen) kneefls beffore Eflfizabeth I (Sarah Bernhardt) fin Queen Eflfizabeth ( Les Amours de fla Refine Eflfisabeth , Henrfi Desffontafines and Loufis Mercanton, 1912). Natfionafl Ffiflm and Sound Archfive off Austraflfia. 120 11 Sarah Bernhardt as Eflfizabeth I fin the finafl scene off the 1912 stagge productfion off Les Amours de fla Refine Eflfisabeth . Bfibflfiothèque natfionafl de France. 124 vfifi Lfist off figgures 12 Fflora Robson as Eflfizabeth I addressfingg her peopfle aboard shfip fin The Sea Hawk (Mfichaefl Curtfiz, 1940). 140 13 Bette Davfis as the fisoflated Queen fin T he Prfivate Lfives off Eflfizabeth and Essex (Mfichaefl Curtfiz, 1939). 142 14 Jean Sfimmons a s Eflfizabeth I fin Youngg Bess (Georgge Sfidney, 1953). 144 15 Bette Davfis as the aggefingg Eflfizabeth I fin The Vfirggfin Queen (Henry Koster, 1955). 146 16 Cate Bflanchett as the ficonfic Queen fin Eflfizabeth: The Goflden Agge (Shekhar Kapur, 2007). 151 17 Cate Bflanchett as the Queen astrfide a map off Europe fin E flfizabeth: The Goflden Agge . 151 18 Eflfizabeth I (Quentfin Crfisp) fis accompanfied by Orflando (Tfiflda Swfinton) on a waflk fin Orflando (Saflfly Potter, 1993). 156 19 Cross-ggender castfingg ffor the Queen (Quentfin Crfisp) fin O rflando . 161 20 An Eflfizabethan proggress: poster ffor The Queen fin Austraflfia (produced by Stanfle y Hawes, 1954). 182 21 Coflonfiafl mfimficry? Austraflfian speech therapfist Lfionefl Loggue (Geo ffrey Rush) dares to sfit on Kfingg Edward’s Chafir fin The Kfingg’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010). 214 22 The crownfingg off the ‘Queen off the South’ on Gufid Nychburrfis Day 1952 fin Dumffrfies, Scotfland. 233 23 The weddfingg dress off Lady Aflfice Scott, Brfitfish Pathé, 1935. B rfitfish Royafl Weddfinggs off the 20th Century DVD (Brfitfish Pathé, 2011). 251 24 The weddfingg dress off Kate Mfiddfleton, 2011. T he Royafl Weddfingg DVD (Formatfive Productfions, 2011). 256 25 Spectators fin London’s Traffaflggar Square vfiew the royafl coupfle’s post-nuptfiafl kfiss on the bfigg screen, 2011 (AP Archfive). 265 26 The wfistffufl senfior reflatfive? Prfince Charfles vfiews Wfindsor home movfies fin A Jubfiflee Trfibute to the Queen by the Prfince off Wafles (BBC, 2012). 29 6 27 Henry VIII ( Jonathan Rhys Meyers) as a ‘punk-rock’ rufler fin The Tudors (Showtfime, 2007–10). 322 28 Creatfingg the myth off Hoflbefin’s Henry fin T he Tudors . 326 29 The mythofloggfised pre-modern monarch: Henry V (Kenneth Branaggh) fin the Shakespeare adaptatfion dfirected by Branaggh fin 1989. 342 30 The ornamentaflfised earfly modern monarch: Henry VIII (Erfic Bana) wfith Anne Bofleyn (Nataflfie Portman) fin The Other Bofleyn Gfirfl ( Justfin Chadwfick, 2008) 344 vfififi Lfist off figgures 31 The domestficated flate modern monarch: Kfingg Georgge III (Nfiggefl Hawthorne) and Queen Charflotte (Heflen Mfirren) fin The Madness off Kfingg Georgge (Nfichofla s Hytner, 1994). 345 32 ‘Queen off a Natfion, Queen off Hearts’: the DVD cover fimagge ffor The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006). 367 33 The monarch as the vfirtuous vfictfim off meflodrama: Coflfin Ffirth as Georgge VI fin The Kfingg’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010). 393 The fimagges fin thfis book are reproduced here under the ffafir deaflfingg ggufideflfines reflatfingg to crfitficfism and revfiew, as suggggested by the Inteflflectuafl Property O fi ce (pubflfished 12 June 2014). fix