Yes, the same Patricia Routledge best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances in the early 1990s!
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Sixty Glorious Years is available on DVD on Amazon.īased on the 1934 play by English writer Laurence Housman, this four-part Granada Television series in 1964 starred a young Patricia Routledge as Queen Victoria. Victoria the Great is available on DVD on Amazon.įollowing the success of Victoria the Great in 1937, director Herbert Wilcox returned with a sequel in 1938, bringing back his wife Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria alongside Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert.Īlso known by the title Queen of Destiny in the US, Sixty Glorious Years was mostly reviewed positively: “As was the case in Victoria the Great, Wilcox’s production values are superlative, with the sets and costumes accurate reproductions of the actual items which are housed at the British Museum.” The film wisely puts its prime focus on the private life of Victoria, her romance, marriage, and personal characteristics.”
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Variety wrote at the time: “ Victoria the Great travels a long way toward a full and clarified explanation of the most popular ruler England ever had… Anna Neagle, in the title role, gives an unwavering performance throughout. It ends with the film switching from black and white to colour as the Queen resumes her public duties following her period of seclusion after Albert’s death in 1861. Victoria the Great focuses on the early years of Victoria’s reign and her marriage to Prince Albert. The play had previously been banned in 1935 by Lord Chamberlain as it was forbidden for the royal family to be shown on the British stage. This 1937 British biographical film was commissioned by none other than King Edward VIII, following the Broadway success of Laurence Housman’s play Victoria Regina.
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Here are some of the best movies and TV series about Queen Victoria, listed in chronological order of release:
British actress Jenna Coleman has played Queen Victoria to great acclaim over the past few years in ITV’s hit period drama series, Victoria.īut she’s far from being the first actress to portray the famous monarch, who was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for over sixty-three years, from 20 June 1837 until her death in on 22 January 1901.
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