Bethany Latham is an associate professor and electronic resources/documents librarian at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Reference Reviews and Library Journal. She is managing editor of The Historical Novels Review.

• Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS      PREFACE      1. Why Elizabeth I? A Look at the Life and Times of the Historical Elizabeth      2. The Silent Era: Divas and Aristocrats      Les Amours de la Reine Élisabeth (1912): Sarah Bernhardt      The Virgin Queen (1923): Diana Manners      3. Hollywood’s Golden Age: Bette Davis and Big- Budget Historicals      Mary of Scotland (1936): Florence Eldridge      Fire Over England (1937): Flora Robson      The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939): Bette Davis      The Sea Hawk (1940): Flora Robson      Young Bess (1953): Jean Simmons      The Virgin Queen (1955): Bette Davis      4. Hollywood, A.D.: Elizabethan Career Woman to Pop Culture      Mary, Queen of Scots (1971): Glenda Jackson      Elizabeth (1998): Cate Blanchett      Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007): Cate Blanchett      5. Glimpses of Elizabeth: The Bit Parts      Orlando (1992): Quentin Crisp      Shakespeare in Love (1998): Judi Dench      Alice in Wonderland (2010): Helena Bonham Carter      6. Serialized Elizabeth: The Miniseries      Elizabeth R (1971): Glenda Jackson      Blackadder II (1986): Miranda Richardson      Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (2005): Anne- Marie Duff      Elizabeth I (2005): Helen Mirren      7. Semper Eadem: The Evolving Elizabeth      CHAPTER NOTES      BIBLIOGRAPHY      INDEX

Bethany Latham is an associate professor and electronic resources/documents librarian at Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Reference Reviews and Library Journal. She is managing editor of The Historical Novels Review.

• Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS      PREFACE      1. Why Elizabeth I? A Look at the Life and Times of the Historical Elizabeth      2. The Silent Era: Divas and Aristocrats      Les Amours de la Reine Élisabeth (1912): Sarah Bernhardt      The Virgin Queen (1923): Diana Manners      3. Hollywood’s Golden Age: Bette Davis and Big- Budget Historicals      Mary of Scotland (1936): Florence Eldridge      Fire Over England (1937): Flora Robson      The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939): Bette Davis      The Sea Hawk (1940): Flora Robson      Young Bess (1953): Jean Simmons      The Virgin Queen (1955): Bette Davis      4. Hollywood, A.D.: Elizabethan Career Woman to Pop Culture      Mary, Queen of Scots (1971): Glenda Jackson      Elizabeth (1998): Cate Blanchett      Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007): Cate Blanchett      5. Glimpses of Elizabeth: The Bit Parts      Orlando (1992): Quentin Crisp      Shakespeare in Love (1998): Judi Dench      Alice in Wonderland (2010): Helena Bonham Carter      6. Serialized Elizabeth: The Miniseries      Elizabeth R (1971): Glenda Jackson      Blackadder II (1986): Miranda Richardson      Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (2005): Anne- Marie Duff      Elizabeth I (2005): Helen Mirren      7. Semper Eadem: The Evolving Elizabeth      CHAPTER NOTES      BIBLIOGRAPHY      INDEX