Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Jane falls between Mary and Elizabeth, I think?
Between Edward and Mary, actually--the attempt to install Jane as Queen was an attempt to keep a Protestant on the throne, in place of the Catholic Mary. Mary cut her head off, if I remember correctly. I mean, not personally.
BBC's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" was the best depiction of Henry that I can think of. "Elizabeth R" was less memorable, but still very well-acted. (As a side note, one of my favorite goofy songs is the Kingston Trio's "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm," about one of the wives haunting "the Bloody Tower.")
about one of the wives
Anne Boleyn was the subject of that song. I have an earlier version by Rudy Vallee which is up at Buffistarawk if you want to nab it. Part of my Halloween mix.
Right, right. I remember now. It's tough to keep all the beheadings straight. These people always seem to be losing their heads one way or another.
Poor Mary. She gets so maligned in films. So she was fond of a spot of torture and burning the Protestants at stake and had a pathetic crush on her Spaniard husband who didn't like her very much, but which other British monarch has a popular drink named after him/her?
"Now I'm going to marry my first wife, then I'm going to divorce her. Now, I know what you're going to say but wait, my story gets better! I'm going to marry my second wife, then I'm going to kill her! Cut her head off! Ahhh, you weren't expecting that, were you? Third wife, going to shoot her! Fourth wife, put her in a bag! Fifth wife, into outer space! Sixth wife on a rotissimat! Seventh wife will be made out of jam..."
but which other British monarch has a popular drink named after him/her?
The Raving George
Sloe Comforable Bess On The Beach
William the Screwdriver
James & Coke
Henry the Eighth
To six wives was wedded.
One died, one survived,
Two divorced, two beheaded.
(Thank you, Louisa May Alcott!)
Cereal:
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
Insent to your profile addy.
So, what comes between Elizabethan and Georgian?
James became king after Elizabeth, right? Mary, Queen of Scots' son. So Elizabeth was the last of the Tudors, and he was part of the Stuart family. He was king of Scotland before he inherited the English throne.
Otherwise known in fashion as the Queer Eye for the Scots Guy era.
I do not know this "Collide," but setting a period movie's trailer to non-period music smacks of A Knight's Tale.
ETA: I just went and listened to Collide, and yeah, I've heard that but relegated it to unmemorable. Weird weird weird choice.