In this latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton offers some insights into the political background of the world presented in the award-winning movie The Favourite.
The critical reception that has greeted Yorgos Lanthimos’s film provides an excellent opportunity to re-examine the role of politics and the court in the reign of Queen Anne, a critical time in the development of the British state and Parliament. Indeed, it saw the formation of the British state itself, as it was under Anne’s rule that the political union of England and Scotland was effected. The film has provoked much discussion and the often sterile arguments about the accuracy required of a historical drama have risen again, particularly as Anne’s reign is widely acknowledged to be one of the lesser known periods of British history.
The film is accurate in that the figures depicted existed and the general narrative trajectory did…
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