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What is it about and criticism of the series Becoming Elizabeth: the age of the turkey of the virgin queen


Alicia von Rittberg plays Elizabeth Tudor.

New historical fiction focused on the British monarchy, the source of inspiration for notable period dramas. Recounts the early years of Elizabeth I of England, with an appreciable cast

Borja Crespo

They call me the virgin queen. Without a husband, I have no lord. Childless, I am the mother of my people. May God give me strength to bear my burden.” These well-known words of Queen Elizabeth I of England, which she is always glad to remember, condense the remarkable interest aroused by the life and miracles of the woman who reigned for decades against all odds. Her tribulations have given rise to a wealth of literature and audiovisual pieces that portray a unique personality. ‘Becoming Elizabeth’, the new StarzPlay series, joins the extensive list and does so by betting on a historical drama that starts from the very moment in which King Henry VIII dies and his son Edward succeeds him on the throne, with just 9 years. The young Elizabeth Tudor is not yet aware that she will be an important element in the power struggle between the great families of England and Europe. She is still a lovesick teenager who gets more than one disgust with the things of love.

StarzPlay’s programming is characterized in part by hosting historical dramas of admirable production, with titles directly linked to the British monarchy, with a fondness for the female audience, including ‘The White Princess’, ‘The White Queen’ or ‘The Spanish Princess ‘. ‘Becomig Elizabeth’ shows current direction decisions -watch out for the soundtrack-, without abandoning the romantic plots in pursuit of palace intrigues. After all, both currents have a lot to do with the struggle for power. If in ‘The Tudors’, currently without a host platform for these payments, the excesses and lack of control of the reign of Henry VIII and his various marriages were unraveled over four seasons, this time the fuse is lit with his death, the start of a chain of unexpected events. The inheritance of the throne remains in the hands of Eduardo, son of Jane Seymour; María Tudor, daughter of Catherine of Aragon; and Isabel, daughter of Ana Bolena (who had been beheaded for alleged treason against the crown). The third possible successor – the preference of the male sex and not age ruled -, embodied with magnetism by Alicia von Rittberg, was an orphaned teenager who was inevitably immersed in the politics of the English court, including bedroom troubles. She did not imagine that in the future she would wear the crown for almost 45 years, facing a tough fight to keep the throne and avoid betrayal and various conspiracies. Despite the impossibility of knowing who to trust, the tenacious Isabel ended up taking the reins of her destiny and ruled her without shaking her hand.

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The enormous Cate Blanchett embodied the monarch in ‘Elizabeth’, a title that catapulted the renowned actress to fame in 1998. Nominated for seven Oscars, the film had a sequel, ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’ -also available on Starzplay -, both praised proposals directed by Shekhar Kapur. Unlike other period dramas on the same theme, ‘Becoming Elizabeth’, created and written by the English playwright Anya Reiss, reflects from an emotional perspective the experiences of the protagonist before undertaking the years of her reign. The young German actress Alicia von Rittberg, seen in ‘Bauhaus’ and ‘Resistance’, contributes with her role, which she defends with suggestive expressiveness, a novel vision in this sense, surrounded by a good cast of actors and a careful production design – at times minimalist, without showing opulence-, photographed with taste. We do not stop being, obviously, before a television series with inevitable shades of soap opera. There are scenes planned with a certain capacity for synthesis, perhaps due to production adjustments, an issue that is appreciated when the characters are well developed and interpreted. Tom Cullen (‘Mine’), Jessica Raine (‘Last Base’), Jamie Parker (‘1917’), Romola Garai (‘Miss Marx’) and Bella Ramsey, one of the girls from ‘Game of Thrones’, complete the star cast

Three frames from the series.

Let us remember, for greater enjoyment of the story, how after the events described in ‘Becomig Elizabeth’, Elizabeth I of England ascended the throne in 1558 as a Protestant queen, when practically half of the population of England was Catholic. She meditated conscientiously and insisted, wisely, on seeing them all as her subjects without taking into account the faith they practiced. Her reasoning was that the people loved her, whether they were Protestant or Catholic. “I do not wish to open the windows of men’s souls,” she commented. During her reign, she proved to be tolerant of the people and protected Christians against protests and persecution, much of it fueled by her own parliament. Other recommended series about the monarch are ‘Elizabeth R.’ (1971), directed by Roderick Graham, with Glenda Jackson; ‘Elizabeth I’ (2005), by Tom Hooper, before ‘Cats’, with Helen Mirren leading the casting; and ‘The Virgin Queen’, from the same year, directed by Coky Giedroyc (‘Sherlock’) and Anne-Marie Duff as queen of the show (available at Filmin).

‘Becoming Elizabeth’ is available on Starzplay.

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The trailer for the series.


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