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Elizabeth R

on BBC Two England

Last episode in the repeat showing of the award-winning series of six 90-minute plays, starring Glenda Jackson
Sweet England's Pride. The Earl of Essex returns from an unsuccessful expedition to the Azores to find that in his absence, the Queen has made Lord Howard the Earl of Nottingham, thus raising him in status above him. He is furious and retires to the country but Elizabeth misses him and he returns to court to be appointed Earl Marshal.
Written by Ian Rodger : Producer/Director
Roderick Graham

Contributors

Unknown:
Glenda Jackson
Written By:
Ian Rodger
Director:
Roderick Graham
Elizabeth I:
Glenda Jackson
Burghley:
Ronald Hines
Earl of Essex:
Robin Ellis
Francis Bacon:
John Nettleton
Sir Walter Raleigh:
Nicholas Selby
O'Neill:
Patrick O'Connell
Elizabeth Vernon:
Sonia Eraser
Sir Robert Cecil:
Hugh Dickson
Earl of Southampton:
Peter Egan
Lady Leicester:
Angela Thorne
Lady Rich:
Shirley Dixon
Sir Christopher Blount:
Haydn Jones
Lady Essex:
Judith South
Lord Howard:
Peter Howell
Egerton:
Cllfford Rose
Conn:
Wesley Murphy

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