Gloriana

TV Movie
1984
2h 15m

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The Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, is hot-blooded and jealous of anyone who might win the Queen's favour. He provokes a fight with the tournament victor, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, but ... Read allThe Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, is hot-blooded and jealous of anyone who might win the Queen's favour. He provokes a fight with the tournament victor, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, but then the Queen and her entourage arrive. She orders the two men to make up, but later she ... Read allThe Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, is hot-blooded and jealous of anyone who might win the Queen's favour. He provokes a fight with the tournament victor, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, but then the Queen and her entourage arrive. She orders the two men to make up, but later she discusses the rivalry of Mountjoy and Essex with her chief adviser, Sir Robert Cecil. She ... Read all

Director
- Derek Bailey
Writers
- William Plomer
- Lytton Strachey
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7.9/10

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Director
- Derek Bailey
Writers
- William Plomer
- Lytton Strachey
Stars

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Commissioned by the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), and "dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in honour of whose coronation it was composed." It is set in the later years of Elizabeth I's reign. The libretto is heterogeneous, combining prose and verse, archaic and modern English.