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Cultural depictions of Mary I of England

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Mary I of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times.

Literature

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  • Marie Tudor (1833) by Victor Hugo.
  • The Tower of London (1840) by William Harrison Ainsworth.
  • Queen Mary (1875) by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. A theatrical play.
  • The Prince and the Pauper (1881) by Mark Twain. The novel includes a depiction of Mary before her accession as a "grimly holy Lady Mary". The short appearance had a considerable influence on her negative image,[citation needed] given the enduring popularity of Twain's work.
  • Mary Tudor: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts (1936) by Wilfred Grantham and its 1945 radio adaption Mary Tudor.
  • Young Bess (1944), Elizabeth, Captive Princess (1948), and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1953) by Margaret Irwin. A trilogy focusing on the early years of Elizabeth I of England and her relationship with Mary and Philip II of Spain.
  • Mary, the Infamous Queen (1971) by Maureen Peters. The novel tells Mary's life through her reign.
  • Daughter of Henry VIII (1971) by Rosemary Churchill. Features Mary's struggles against her father Henry VIII of England.
  • The Ringed Castle (1971) by Dorothy Dunnett. Part of the Lymond Chronicles. The novel includes a sympathetic portrayal of Mary's marriage and pregnancies.
  • I Am Mary Tudor (1971), Mary the Queen (1973), and Bloody Mary (1974) by Hilda Lewis. A trilogy focusing on Mary's life from the cradle to the grave. The books include a "psychological exploration of Mary's character", a sympathetic character who grows "increasingly paranoid and deluded" in her later years.
  • Queen's Lady (1981) by Patricia Parkes.
  • In the Shadow of the Crown (1988) by Eleanor Hibbert. A historical novel focusing on the Tudor Queens.
  • In the Garden of Iden (1997) by Kage Baker. A science fiction novel, involving time travel.
  • In the Time of the Poisoned Queen (1998) by Paul C. Doherty. Mary I dies of poisoning, immortal Nicholas Segalla investigates a historical mystery with many suspects.
  • Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor (1999) by Kathryn Lasky. The novel is part of the juvenile historical-fiction series The Royal Diaries. Mary is a prominent character and is portrayed as a bitter rival to her half-sister Elizabeth.
  • Mary, Bloody Mary (1999) and Beware, Princess Elizabeth (2001) by Carolyn Meyer. Both novels are part of the Young Royals series. The first depicts Mary's teenaged years, the second Elizabeth's teenaged years. Both attempt to explore their experiences at the time and how said experiences shaped their later lives.
  • Kissed by Shadows (2003) by Jane Feather. Conclusion of the Kiss Trilogy, a "complex historical drama" series set in the 16th century.
  • The Queen's Fool (2004) by Philippa Gregory. The novel depicts Mary's rise to power and reign in a very sympathetic light, and makes an effort to revise her long-lasting horrific image. It shows her through the eyes of a devoted and loving servant - without hiding the horror of the persecutions.
  • Innocent Traitor (2007) and The Lady Elizabeth (2008) by Alison Weir. Two novels covering the adversarial relationship of Mary with Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I.
  • The Queen's Sorrow (2008) by Suzannah Dunn. The novel attempts to show the other side to Mary, as seen through the eyes of Rafael, a member of the entourage of Philip II of Spain.
  • Her Mother's Daughter (2009) by Julianne Lee is a novel about Mary's life.[1]
  • Dracula and the Bloody Mary: A Tragicomedy (early 21st century) by Santiago Sevilla. A theatrical play, published in Liceus El Portal de las Humanidades. (Liceus.com). Features Count Dracula in the courts of Edward VI of England and Mary I.
  • Princess Mary appears in Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012) as well as in the final book in the series, The Mirror & the Light (2020).
  • Mary is a major character in Janet Wertman's The Boy King (2020), the final instalment in Wertman's Seymour Saga trilogy.[2]

Film and television

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Mary has been played on screen by:

Plays

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  • Queen Mary appears as a main character in Rosamund Gravelle's debut play Three Queens,[6][7] and first played by Becky Black. Set in 1554 the play is about a fictional encounter between Queen Mary I of England, Lady Jane Grey, and Princess Elizabeth Tudor, brought together by their cousin, Cardinal Reginald Pole, the night before Lady Jane Grey is due to be executed.

Audio

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  • Queen Mary appears in the Doctor Who audio play The Marian Conspiracy, set in 1554, played by Anah Ruddin. The story focuses on the religious tensions of her reign and involves an attempt to assassinate the queen by English Protestants and French Catholics.

Video games

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  • Bloody Mary appears as the boss in the Sylvain Castle stage in Terranigma.
  • Bloody Mary appears in the 1993 PC action game, Rusty.
  • Mary, the Bloody Queen, is a playable Hunter in the NetEase video game Identity V.

References

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  1. ^ "Her Mother's Daughter" by Julianne Lee. Review by Nancy Henshaw. Historical Novel Society, February 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ THE BOY KING | Kirkus Reviews.
  3. ^ "From The Favourite to The Crown: British royals in TV and film". The Telegraph. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Constance Stride". BFI. Retrieved 30 July 2020.[dead link]
  5. ^ "The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary - TV Choice Productions 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  6. ^ Rosamund Gravelle - Productions: Three Queens
  7. ^ Barons Court Theatre - Past Productions

Further reading

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  • Sue Parrill and William B. Robison, The Tudors on Film and Television (McFarland, 2013). ISBN 978-0786458912.
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