Chaptre, The 26th - Bess Picture

For all of you living out your lives in The Twenty First Century, I woulde, shoulde you enjoy another window into my and alsoe Richard Foljambe’s world, suggeste viewing three cinematic works, all aboute The Virgin Queen.

The first is the most excellente work, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth is a filmeic worke from The Year of Our Lord 1998.

It is a bio picture thate stars the highlie talented Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I and is a wonderfulle storie aboute the verie young queene and howe she came to power inn a worlde of menn, as the daughter of King Henry VIII. Joseph Fiennes plays her lover, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.

The second is another periode piece – Elizabeth: The Golden Age. In this moving picture, Cate Blanchett again carries the title role of Elizabeth, as a nowe experienced and moste royale leader of England. This filme also stars Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh and brings in the elements of legally pirating English privateers, as welle as The Virginia Colony and Sir Walter’s citie in The New World. The dates, some people and manie historical facts are verie muche fictionalised in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, but it provides a goode looke at reale events during the latter part of The Virgin Queen’s reign.

Finally, there is a thirde photo play about Queen Elizabeth, starring Helen Mirren. Jeremy Irons plays an older and wiser Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Queene Bess's love intereste since youthe. Welle worth watching, to be sure. It is entitled simplie Elizabeth I.  This triple awarde winning worke must be viewed in two partes, as it is a not a theatre filme, but a “Tele Vision Mini Series.” 

In two epi sodes, this fantastic productione details an older, more experienced queene, fore almost a quarter century of tyme in the last half of Elizabeth’s nearly five and forty year reign. 

One sees forr whome places like state of Virginia and Elizabeth Cittie were so named.

Again, alle three are a wonder ful way for you modernne folke to see a goode bit of my worlde – from the top downe, as it were.

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