SUSAN DORAN is Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of many books and articles on the Tudor period, including Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I, Elizabeth I in the British Library Historic Lives series and Mary Queen of Scots: An Illustrated Life. THOMAS S. FREEMAN is the Research Editor for the British Academy John Foxe Project and he is affiliated with the University of Sheffield, UK. He is co-editor (with Sue Doran) of The Myth of Elizabeth and (with Thomas F. Mayer) of Martyrs and Martyrdom in England, c 1400-1700. He is the co-author (with Elizabeth Evenden) of Religion and the Book in Early Modern England: The Making of Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'.

• Notes on the ContributorsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: T.FreemanA Tyrant for All Seasons: Henry VIII on Film: T.FreemanSaints and Cinemas: 'A Man for All Seasons': P.Marshall'Anne of a Thousand Days': G.RichardsonLady Jane Grey on Film: C.LevinFrom Hatfield to Hollywood: Elizabeth I on Film: S.DoranLady in Waiting: Young Elizabeth Tudor on Film: J.RichardsKapur's 'Elizabeth': C.Haigh'Mary Queen of Scots': J.GuyThe Armada, War and Propaganda in the Cinema: W.Coster'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' and the Romanticization of Elizabethan Politics: P.Hammer'Shakespeare in Love': Elizabeth I as Dea ex Machina: B.Usher'Elizabeth: The Golden Age': A Sign of the Times; V. WestbrookOliver Cromwell and the Civil Wars: J.MorrillThe Unfilmed Oliver Cromwell: D.Smith'Winstanley': C.DurstonWhy Don't the Stuarts get Filmed?: R.HuttonIndex.