Elizabeth

Role Played: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Plot
 (Excerpted and adapted from "Elizabeth": Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia)

In 1558, the Roman Catholic Mary I of England dies of a cancerous tumor in her uterus, leaving her Protestant half sister Elizabeth as Queen. Elizabeth had previously been jailed for a supposed conspiracy to murder Mary, but has now been freed for her coronation. The film shows Elizabeth being courted by suitors (including Henri, Duc d'Anjou et de Bourbon, the future King Henry III of France, whom she rejects. Instead, she makes love with her childhood sweetheart, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Elizabeth deals with various threats to her reign, including The Duke of Norfolk, a Catholic in her court who conspires to have her murdered, and the effective ruler of Scotland, Mary of Guise, who allies with France to attack England's forces. At the end of the film, Norfolk is executed for his conspiracy and Mary is assassinated by Elizabeth's adviser, Francis Walsingham.

Dudley is permanently banished by Elizabeth for betraying her by taking part in the plot to assassinate her. The film ends with Elizabeth assuming the persona of 'The Virgin Queen', and initiating England's Golden Age.

 

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Thomas Howard , 4th Duke of Norfolk makes his way into the Queens private chamber and suggests she gets up because of grave news…