Gloriana
Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed adaptation for film of the opera that Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based on the Opera North revival of a work now recognised to be one of the composer's great achievements. Paul Daniel conducts the English Northern Sinfonia, with a cast inspired by electrifying performances from Josephine Barstow and Tom Randall as Elizabeth I and Essex.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Josephine Barstow
Queen Elizabeth I
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Tom Randle
Earl of Essex
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David Ellis
Lord Mountjoy
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Susannah Glanville
Lady Rich
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Emer McGilloway
Countess of Essex
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Eric Roberts
Sir Robert Cecil
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Clive Bayley
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Richard Whitehouse
Henry Cuffe
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Hilary Jackson
Lady-in-Waiting
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Peter Bodenham
Master of Ceremonies
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Tony Miller
Cinematographer