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Midweek Cinema: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
with Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Vincent Price

Around the throne of Elizabeth I courtiers plot for her favour and their own glory. The Queen is infatuated with the dashing young Earl of Essex but is soon to find herself torn between her love for Essex and her duty as a monarch.

(This Week's Films: page 9. She spent a lifetime in Hollywood: pages 11, 13)

Contributors

Director:
Michael Curtiz
Queen Elizabeth:
Bette Davis
Earl of Essex:
Errol Flynn
Lady Penelope Grey:
Olivia de Havilland
Francis Bacon:
Donald Crisp
Earl of Tyrone:
Alan Hale
Sir Walter Raleigh:
Vincent Price
Lord Burghley:
Henry Stephenson
Sir Robert Cecil:
Henry Daniell
Sir Thomas Egerton:
James Stephenson
Margaret Radcliffe:
Nanette Fabares
Lord Knollys:
Ralph Forbes
Lord Mountjoy:
Robert Warwick
Sir Edward Coke:
Leo G. Carroll
Source: Radio Times

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