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-->'''Elizabeth:''' That queen is first a woman. [...] ''This'' woman is first a queen!
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''Mary, Queen of Scots'' is a 1971 British biographical film about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Creator/VanessaRedgrave) and [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth]], Queen of England (Creator/GlendaJackson).
The movie won several awards and Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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''Mary, Queen of Scots'' is a 1971 British biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott, about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Creator/VanessaRedgrave) and [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth]], Queen of England (Creator/GlendaJackson).
The movie won several awards and Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran HalWallis.
Wallis. Also in the cast are Creator/PatrickMcGoohan as James Stewart (1st Earl of Moray), Creator/TimothyDalton as Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley), Nigel Davenport as James Hepburn (4th Earl of Bothwell), Creator/TrevorHoward as Sir William Cecil, Daniel Massey as Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester), and Creator/IanHolm as David Riccio.
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* {{Intermission}}: Part One ends with Darnley joining the conspirators.
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** Played straight with Elizabeth, who is cunning, rational, and prepared to overrule her own heart to protect her crown.
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* AloofBigBrother: The Earl of Moray, Mary's brother. He ambitions to rule Scotland supplanting his sister and opposes her marriage to Darnley because Darnley is Catholic and the Earl is a Protestant.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Suave, sophisticated Francise/JamesBond actor Timothy Dalton as Lord Darnley, a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], sniveling and pathetic villain.
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* MagnificentBitch: Elizabeth. See XanatosGambit further down.
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* TheCaligula: Darnley obtains power because of his marriage to a reigning queen and abuses his power by continuing to behave as the hedonistic, abusive, drunken lunatic he's always been. He's basically HistoricalNotes/Caligula devoid of all wit, charisma and intelligence that the mad emperor at least possessed.
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* TheCaligula: Darnley obtains power because of his marriage to a reigning queen and abuses his power by continuing to behave as the hedonistic, abusive, drunken lunatic he's always been. He's basically HistoricalNotes/Caligula UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}} devoid of all wit, charisma and intelligence that the mad emperor at least possessed.
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* BuryYourGays: Darnley and Riccio are bisexual men who have sex and both die gruesomely, albeit in a manner that is historically accurate.
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** Elizabeth as well, albeit to a lesser extent. She's still a ControlFreak with a HairtriggerTemper and this is TruthInTelevision by all accounts.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Darnley forces Riccio to bow and kiss his hand after learning that Mary plans to propose to him. Elizabeth also vows to release Mary, so long as she acknowledges Elizabeth as queen. Elizabeth has no luck in this regard.
* PlayingAgainstType: Suave, sophisticated Francise/JamesBond actor Timothy Dalton as Lord Darnley, a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], sniveling and pathetic villain.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the first secret meeting between the two queens both of them give the other one of these.
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-->'''Mary''': You ''disgust'' me.
* RoyalBlood: Mary and Elizabeth's mutual claim to power.
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* SmugSnake: Mary is a good version of this. Darnley is a straightforward example, in case you hadn't already guessed!
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** If Mary accepts her offer and marries Dudley, then Elizabeth [[TheNeedsOfTheMany will be heartbroken to lose her true love,]] but one of her closest supporters will be married to her greatest rival, and their alliance will be safe.
** If Mary scorns her offer and chooses to marry Darnley, the handsome, eligible Catholic lord in Dudley's entourage, she'll be saddling herself with a vicious, stupid husband who will [[TheMillstone drag her down in the long run.]]
** If Mary scorns her offer and chooses to marry Darnley, the handsome, eligible Catholic lord in Dudley's entourage, she'll be saddling herself with a vicious, stupid husband who will [[TheMillstone drag her down in the long run.]]
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See also the [[Film/MaryQueenOfScots2018 2018 film of the same name]].
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''Mary, Queen of Scots'' is a 1971 British biographical film about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Creator/VanessaRedgrave) and [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth]], Queen of England (Glenda Jackson).
The movie won several awards and Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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* ArtisticLicense: Mary and Elizabeth never met in real life.
* BabiesEverAfter: Strongly averted. After James is born, the marriage between his parents detoriates even further.
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* ArtisticLicense: ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The film presents two meetings between the queens. Mary and Elizabeth never met in real life.
** Mary is depicted as enjoying a late-morning cup of hot chocolate in bed (and even requesting it when she is a prisoner) when this was not a popular drink in the British Isles until well into the 18th century.
*BabiesEverAfter: BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Strongly averted. After James is born, the marriage between his parents detoriates even further. \n** James goes on to accept money from his mother's greatest enemy.
** The film presents two meetings between the queens. Mary and Elizabeth never met in real life.
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A 1971 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] (Creator/VanessaRedgrave) and [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth]], Queen of England. England (Glenda Jackson). The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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* AloofBigBrother: The Earl of Moray.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Or at least treacherous.
* ArrangedMarriage: Mary and Francis I.
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* UnwantedSpouse: Darnley becomes this.
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A 1971 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[MaryOfScotland [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[TheVirginQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth]], Queen of England. The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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A 1971 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]], Queen of England. The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ElizabethR.''Series/ElizabethR''. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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A 1972 1971 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]], Queen of England. The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ElizabethR. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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* ForegoneConclusion: If you know your history, you know it doesn't end well for Mary.
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->''"If your head had matched your heart, I would be the one awaiting death."''
-->-- '''Queen Elizabeth'''
A 1972 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]], Queen of England. The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ElizabethR. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: The Earl of Moray.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Or at least treacherous.
* ArrangedMarriage: Mary and Francis I.
** Averted with her two subsequent husbands, since she married these for love.
* ArtisticLicense: Mary and Elizabeth never met in real life.
* BabiesEverAfter: Strongly averted. After James is born, the marriage between his parents detoriates even further.
** James goes on to accept money from his mother's greatest enemy.
* BlackWidow: Mary
* BlameGame
* TheCaligula: Subverted. Darnley obtains power because of his marriage to a reigning queen.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Mary
* DepravedBisexual - Darnley.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Even though Mary and Elizabeth are cousins.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HonorBeforeReason: Bothwell
* LastChanceToQuit: Elizabeth gives Mary one of these.
* PimpedOutDress
* PrettyInMink
* LoveRuinsTheRealm: Mary's marriage to Bothwell is so unpopular that it hastens her downfall.
* {{Prison}}: Where Mary spends a big part of her life.
** Bothwell dies in a Danish prison.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the first secret meeting between the two queens both of them give the other one of these.
* RoyalBlood
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Elizabeth
** Mary does things too, but her actions tend to worsen the situation in Scotland.
* SecondLove
* SecretRelationship: Between Mary and Bothwell, at first.
* UnwantedSpouse: Darnley becomes this.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Averted in Mary, since she mostly makes decisions based on emotions.
* XanatosGambit: Elizabeth sending both Dudley and Darnley to Scotland. Either choice Mary chooses as a husband will help Elizabeth in the long term. "Win or lose the wager, I cannot lose the game."
* YaoiGuys: Darnley and Riccio, briefly but explicitly.
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->''"If your head had matched your heart, I would be the one awaiting death."''
-->-- '''Queen Elizabeth'''
A 1972 movie about the strife between the two reigning queens on the British Isles in the late 16th century: [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[TheVirginQueen Elizabeth]], Queen of England. The movie won several awards and Glenda Jackson would reprise the role of Elizabeth in ElizabethR. One of the last films produced by Hollywood veteran Hal Wallis.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: The Earl of Moray.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Or at least treacherous.
* ArrangedMarriage: Mary and Francis I.
** Averted with her two subsequent husbands, since she married these for love.
* ArtisticLicense: Mary and Elizabeth never met in real life.
* BabiesEverAfter: Strongly averted. After James is born, the marriage between his parents detoriates even further.
** James goes on to accept money from his mother's greatest enemy.
* BlackWidow: Mary
* BlameGame
* TheCaligula: Subverted. Darnley obtains power because of his marriage to a reigning queen.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Mary
* DepravedBisexual - Darnley.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Even though Mary and Elizabeth are cousins.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HonorBeforeReason: Bothwell
* LastChanceToQuit: Elizabeth gives Mary one of these.
* PimpedOutDress
* PrettyInMink
* LoveRuinsTheRealm: Mary's marriage to Bothwell is so unpopular that it hastens her downfall.
* {{Prison}}: Where Mary spends a big part of her life.
** Bothwell dies in a Danish prison.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the first secret meeting between the two queens both of them give the other one of these.
* RoyalBlood
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Elizabeth
** Mary does things too, but her actions tend to worsen the situation in Scotland.
* SecondLove
* SecretRelationship: Between Mary and Bothwell, at first.
* UnwantedSpouse: Darnley becomes this.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Averted in Mary, since she mostly makes decisions based on emotions.
* XanatosGambit: Elizabeth sending both Dudley and Darnley to Scotland. Either choice Mary chooses as a husband will help Elizabeth in the long term. "Win or lose the wager, I cannot lose the game."
* YaoiGuys: Darnley and Riccio, briefly but explicitly.
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