![Victoria Regina](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/falhq8y8SBdNr8sK6WErTthsARl.jpg)
Patricia Routledge gives a career-best performance as Queen Victoria in this 1964 series of plays based on the celebrated collection of dramas by playwright Laurence Housman.Self-willed, obstinate, imperious and passionate... a now-familiar description of one of history's longest-serving female monarchs – but Housman's satirical tribute marked a decisive break with the tradition of the uncritical historical portrait.A Broadway hit deemed too disrespectful for public performance in Britain until the late 1930s, Victoria Regina is a frank portrayal of an extraordinarily complex woman, tracing her development from royal teenager to inconsolable widow at the helm of a vast empire, with all her contradictions, prejudices and unconstitutional behavior.
Creator | N/A |
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Actor | Patricia Routledge, Joachim Hansen, Max Adrian |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | Granada Television |