Victoria Regina (series)
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Production companies: Granada Television
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 11/13/1964
- Release date of last episode: 12/4/1964
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 4
- Run time: 50 min.
Series description
Patricia Routledge gives a career-best performance as Queen Victoria in this 1964 series of plays based on the celebrated collection of dramas by playwright Laurence Housman. Self-willed, obstinate, imperious and passionate... a now-familiar description of one of history's longest-serving female monarchs – but Housman's satirical tribute marked a decisive break with the tradition of the uncritical historical portrait. A Broadway hit deemed too disrespectful for public performance in Britain until the late 1930s, Victoria Regina is a frank portrayal of an extraordinarily complex woman, tracing her development from royal teenager to inconsolable widow at the helm of a vast empire, with all her contradictions, prejudices and unconstitutional behavior.
