Queen Mary 1st of England and her Cultural depictions.
Tue 16 Sept
|Online zoom
How well do you think you know Queen Mary 1st of England? Branded "Bloody Mary" Britain's first legitimate and acknowledged female ruler, if at all remembered, has been vilified or dismissed. This fascinating talk will show how this woman legacy has been changed culturally over the last centuries
Time & Location
16 Sept 2025, 19:30 – 20:30 BST
Online zoom
About the event
Join playwright Rosamund Gravelle and emninet Marian Tudor historains Dr Johanna Strong and Dr Peter Stiffell as they discuss and explore how Britain's first female acknowledged ruler, Queen Mary 1st of England, cutlural depictions have changed over the century - from her portaits that were done during her lifetime to being branded "Bloody Mary" not long after her death, to being shown as a minor character - either a young child or teenager or as a weak and ill old woman in major films and TV series from the 1950s onwards - to being seen as a character of note and nauce in TV series such as Becoming Elizabeth and now Rosamund Gravelle's play Three Queens
Queen Mary has been ignored, smeared or used as a character tool to offset the story of her younger half-sister Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth 1st) but come listen to this fascinating talk where…