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During her time as Queen, Catherine is known for her beauty and youth and clashes with Princess Mary, her stepdaughter, over the lack of respect shown her. Disillusioned with her marriage, Catherine enters into an affair with Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the privy chamber.
Apr 26, 2009 · The Death of a Queen: Directed by Ciaran Donnelly. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Annabelle Wallis. Forced to recant, Aske is hanged in Yorkshire, Cromwell coerces Brandon to execute more rebels as examples, and Jane suffers complications in childbirth.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Ciaran Donnelly
- 2009-04-26
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- Plot
The leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising are put to death, but Brandon is haunted by the cruelty and mercilessness of the suppression and his part in it; Henry celebrates the birth of a son but his joy is short-lived as Queen Jane dies within days.
Aske is hanged in chains. Henry learns that Pole is attacking him in writing from the safety of the French court and sends Bryan to arrest him but he has already fled. A reluctant Brandon is forced by the king to kill many innocents in Yorkshire as an example to scare would-be rebels. He is sickened at what he has been made to do and haunted by his...
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Henry VIII. Jonathon Rhys Meyers already had an impressive and established acting career with roles in shows like Prozac Nation, Bend It Like Beckham, Vanity Fair, and Mission Impossible III before claiming the role of the temperamental King Henry VIII in The Tudors.
- Henry Cavill - Charles Brandon. Undoubtedly the biggest star to come from The Tudors, Henry Cavill was still relatively unknown before his role as Charles Brandon.
- Natalie Dormer - Anne Boleyn. Dormer has said (via The Daily Mail) that her role as Anne Boleyn was “incredibly haunting and harrowing,” and that “it was one of the best experiences of [her] career so far.”
- Maria Doyle Kennedy - Catherine of Aragon. Currently starring as Ila, member of the gypsy-like clan of the leaf in the Amazon Original series, The Wheel of Time, Maria Doyle Kennedy played Henry’s first wife, Queen Catherine of Aragon, on The Tudors.
The story takes place after the death of Elizabeth I, played by the incomparable Quentin Crisp in what is one of the first gender flip roles of a famous historical figure. The ethereal-looking Tilda Swinton stars as Orlando, an androgynous nobleman who is bequeathed estates and wealth by the queen on the promise never to ‘wither’ or grow ...
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The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
