Anne, Queen of Great Britain, has been depicted in novels, film and television.

Literature

Anne is a character in the 1869 novel '' The Man Who Laughs'' by

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, the 1912 novel ''The White Gauntlet'', by Percy James Brebner,. Baker, Ernest A., ''A Guide to Historical Fiction''. London : G. Routledge and Sons, 1914.(pgs. 144, 281) The 2016 novel
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is about the last days of her life. Anne is also the protagonist of the short story "The Emancipation of Mrs. Morley" (1935) by Clemence Dane.

Theatre

Anne is a character in the play '' Le Verre d'eau'' (1840), by Eugène Scribe. The titular play '' Queen Anne'', written by the playwright

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, dramatizes the relationship between Anne and Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, as well as the court politics and succession issues of Anne's court. It was first produced by the

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at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between November, 2015 and January, 2016, before opening at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London, where it ran between June and September 2017.

Television

Anne is played by Margaret Tyzack in the 1969 BBC television serial ''

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portrayed her in the 2004 BBC drama documentary '' Wren: The Man Who Built Britain''.

Film

Anne was portrayed on screen by

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in the 1921 Austrian silent adaptation ''

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'' of Hugo's novel, and by

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in the 1928 silent adaptation. She is also a character in the play '' Le Verre d'eau'' by Eugène Scribe; Gunnel Lindblom portrayed her in the 1960 Swedish TV adaptation of Scribe's play ''Ett Glas vatten''; Liselotte Pulver in the 1960 West German film adaptation ''

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in the 1977 Hungarian TV adaptation ''Sakk-matt'', and

Natalya Belokhvostikova Natalya Nikolayevna Belokhvostikova (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Белохво́стикова, July 28, 1951 in Moscow, USSR) is a retired Soviet and Russian actress. She was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 19 ...

in the 1979 Soviet film adaptation ''

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'' (Стакан воды). In the 1984 comedy ''

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'' she was played by Peter Bull (in his last film role) as a fat, senile woman, dominated by Sarah Churchill. Queen Anne is portrayed by actress

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in the 2018 film '' The Favourite'', which centres on the competition for the queen's affection between Sarah Churchill and

Abigail Masham Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (née Hill; 6 December 1734), was an English courtier. She was a favourite of Queen Anne, and a cousin of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Life Early life Abigail Hill was the daughter of Francis Hill, a London m ...

. For her portrayal of the monarch, Colman won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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