Sweet England's Pride (19 Mar. 1972)

It is 1600 and Elizabeth is now an old woman yet she is still a match for the young, handsome, and dashing Earl of Essex. The Irish troubles and crushing the rebellious Essex rob an aged and weary Queen of the will to live.

Director:

Roderick Graham

Writer:

Ian Rodger

Stars:

Glenda Jackson, Robin Ellis, Ronald Hines

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Glenda Jackson	...	Queen Elizabeth I
Robin Ellis	...	Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex)
Ronald Hines	...	William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
John Nettleton	...	Sir Francis Bacon
Nicholas Selby	...	Sir Walter Raleigh
Patrick O'Connell	...	O'Neill
Angela Thorne	...	Lettice, Lady Leicester
Peter Egan	...	Earl of Southampton
Judith South	...	Lady Essex
Peter Howell	...	Lord Howard
Hugh Dickson	...	Sir Robert Cecil
Sonia Fraser	...	Elizabeth Vernon
Shirley Dixon	...	Lady Rich
Hayden Jones	...	Sir Christopher Blount
Clifford Rose	...	Egerton

Storyline

It is 1600 and Elizabeth is now an old woman yet she is still a match for the young, handsome, and dashing Earl of Essex. The Irish troubles and crushing the rebellious Essex rob an aged and weary Queen of the will to live.

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Plot Keywords:

sucking on finger | irish history | beheading | rebel without a cause | irish rebels | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Release Date:

19 March 1972 (USA)

Company Credits

Did You Know?

Trivia

Elizabeth is seen sitting on a chair towards the end and is heard to speak a few words when someone moves her hand away from her mouth. However, history records that Elizabeth lay on cushions on the floor and couldn't be persuaded to move to her bed, and was said to be beyond the power of speech at this point.

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Quotes

Sir Robert Cecil: Ma'am, for the sake of the people you must go to bed
Queen Elizabeth I: Little Man, the word must is not used to Princes

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