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King Charles III is a massive, massive risk - which really plays off. I loved it - moving, relevant, controversial and superb.
- The Queen (2006) Film. Drama. Stuff your ‘awards bait’ sneers in a sack. Sure, on paper, Helen Mirren playing Queen Elizabeth screams ‘automatic Oscar’, but The Queen earns its prestige from the one-two punch of director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan, who each specialise in turning talky dramas about the privileged and powerful into tense, conversational boxing matches.
- The Favourite (2018) 4 out of 5 stars. Film. Drama. Recommended. Easily the weirdest entry on this list, Greek maverick Yorgos Lanthimos’s ink-black historical comedy is nonetheless rooted in some level of truth.
- Elizabeth (1998) Film. Action and adventure. Like an ’80s high-school movie in reverse, this Best Picture nominee introduces Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth I as a kind of Early Modern thirst trap, before slowly transforming her into a virgin.
- The Lion in Winter (1968) Peter O’Toole and Katharine Hepburn put on an acting clinic in this aristocratic drama centred around the tense marriage between King Henry II and his estranged wife, Queen Eleanor.
May 11, 2017 · King Charles III – adapted from a successful stage play – depicted the monarchy after the Queen’s death, with the Prince of Wales succeeding his mother but sparking a constitutional crisis. The one-off drama, on BBC2, featured the ghost of Diana and portrayed the Duchess of Cambridge as a 'schemer'.
- ‘This Wasn’T A Drama, It Was A Comedy’ Andy Halls, The Sun
- ‘Different For The Sheer Sake of Being Different’ Matt Bayliss, Daily Express
- ‘Pure Televisual Gelignite’ Jasper Ress, The Telegraph
- ‘Tim Pigott-Smith Is Mesmerising as Charles’ Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
Andy Halls of The Sun was also scathing of the drama, awarding it a meagre two stars and labelling King Charles III as an unfunny comedy. ‘This wasn’t a drama, it was a comedy. Not a good one.’
Matt Bayliss of the Daily Expressdescribed the political drama as “outstandingly good as a study of characters”. However, the use of blank verse seemed out of place and unnecessary to him. “Adapted for TV, the speaking in verse bits didn’t seem or sound ‘bold’ so much as misguided, weird, different for the sheer sake of being different, showing off...
Japer Rees of The Telegraph suggested that the drama was timely given current royal events. “Hot on the heels of the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement, and Prince Harry’s confession of mental anguish after his mother’s death – it was pure televisual gelignite.” He also suggests that Bartlett’s drama may push more viewers to acquaint themselves with th...
Sam Wollaston of the Guardianpraised the move from theatre to TV. “The new home allows extra scope, for pageantry and outdoor scenes, and changes of set. Plus a close-up and personal, best-seat-in-the-house view for everyone of some fine displays of acting.” He reserved particular praise for Tim Piggott-Smith, who died last month. “The late, brilli...
Dec 31, 2021 · From his shrink wrap shock to his obsession with luxury, King Charles III's personal life seems to be filled with surprises, that’s according to a new book by biographer Tom Bower.
What matters is that King Charles III is a taut, fast-moving drama that manages to be a political thriller, a human drama, and an incisive critique of Britain’s curiously vaporous arrangement between the monarchy and the elected government. It also gave Tim Pigott-Smith one of his most memorable roles, and he inhabited the title character ...
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King Henry V interrogates a captured assassin who claims to have been sent by King Charles VI of France to kill him (King Henry V). French agents approach the English nobles Cambridge and Grey. The traitors plot against Hal and unsuccessfully attempt to win over the Chief Justice, Gascoigne.
