Petyr Baelish could have risen high but it's a dangerous place to be, as Cromwell, who was later executed by King Henry VIII, eventually found. Folger Shakespeare Library. I (2013). All Rights Reserved. Special thanks to DC-based playwright Allyson Currin for identifying the Game of Thrones clips that appear in this episode. Now 36, William has gone onto star in Genesis, as Justin Parker in Coronation Street from 2017-18 and in BBC drama Gentleman Jack, which is about to return for a second series. You know, the reason that Macbeth is upset in act one is because he thinks hes going to be chosen as king. In England, being a bastard was always a problem so it was unlikely Gendry would fare well against a pure-blooded candidate like Daenerys. Read about our approach to external linking. WILSON: Costains four-volume History of the Plantagenets is the one source that Ive seen that Martin has singled out as where he draws his knowledge of the Plantagenets from. [CLIP from Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 7.]. Sansa awakens from a nightmare to find she has had her first period, meaning she can bear Joffreys children. I started watching it a little bit. The Full Monty became an instant classic when it was released in 1997, following the story of some Sheffield steelworkers who became unlikely strippers after seeing their wives fawning over a strip troupe that come to town. King Henry I had 24 bastard children. And so he stands at, kind of, one level of remove from Martin and the sources that Martin credits for his knowledge of this period of history. You will be redirected back to your article in, Olivier Awards Nominations: Paul Mescal Scores Best Actor Nod, My Neighbour Totoro Leads All Categories, Stranger Things Stage Play Titled The First Shadow To Hit Londons West End Later This Year, Men Up: BBC Greenlights Drama About Viagra Medical Trials From Matthew Barry With Russell T. 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After their steel factory shuts down, the gents found themselves unemployed - cue the film's hilarious job centre queue scene to the sounds of Donna Summer's Hot Stuff. The 17th episode overall, "A Man Without Honor" was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by David Nutter. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. WILSON: Absolutely, Barbara. If youre a fan of Shakespeare Unlimited, please leave us a positive review on Apple Podcasts. Shakespeare Unlimited comes to you from the Folger Shakespeare Library. The High Sparrow first appears in A Feast for Crows (2005) and subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons (2011). Valerie Fazel and Louise Geddes talk about the Shakespeare user as different people who are using Shakespeare in different ways. He is more entitled to the throne than Daenerys. Hugo Speer also narrated a factual programme on Discovery HD called Gold Divers,[6] and Alaska: The Last Frontier. It is entirely possible that she would follow "tradition" and defer to him, following the lines of primogeniture. But then you get this overarching narrative that is a really simple knights-and-dragons narrative. JOFFREY BARATHEON: Kill him! But is he entitled to? By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. Or they can act until a young king comes of age, as Cersei attempted to do. Garland Scott is the associate producer. On 19 February 2015, Speer married Glaswegian actress, writer and director Vivienne Harvey. As is policy, an investigation was launched. Thats how television works. BOGAEV: You know, on a very different tack, another similarity between Shakespeares Henry tetralogy and Game of Thrones is that theyre both just so incredibly long, which is also convenient for a television series. So we trust youll understand as you listen to this podcast which we call, Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown. Jeffrey R. Wilson is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. After his father was killed in battle, Jon can be considered the next heir. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Like any monarch, Daenerys isn't short of titles. WILSON: The Tudor myth is this notion that developed over the 16th century under the Tudor dynasty; that Richard III is this demonic villain whose physical deformity kind of symbolizes an evil soul, as well as the generations of political chaos that had plagued England ever since Henry IV broke the hereditary line of royal succession in his rebellion against a divinely-placed Richard II. Pree, having multiplied himself around the room, assassinates the remaining Thirteen, and Daenerys flees with Jorah and Kovarro. CERSEI LANNISTER: Are you mad? There are always cultural implications. 13 octobre 2022. in Netflix, streaming. And one of the fascinating discoveries is that Martin didnt start with fantasy and then add history to it. Its all gods great plan, and its actually very orderly, which I can see why that would be very convenient for a play-writer or a screen-writer to work with because its so structured. BOGAEV: Yeah, this is interesting, because you keep saying hereditary monarchy, andif I were English proper, I would understand at what point there was hereditary monarchy, versus elective monarchy. So my answer for Little Finger's royal ambitions: they simply were not possible. From Game of Thrones to playing a Beatle as TV series confirmed Hit British film The Full Monty was released 25 years ago, starring the likes of Robert Carlyle and Hugo Speer nechronicle But her current claim rests solely on the power she wields. Because both have deep, deep collaborations between individuals and groups, and there are financial interests involved. WILSON: There are the Winters Coming fan community. But you have to choose, now, one person. Jaime and Alton talk about his family and the time Alton squired for Jaime and the time Jaime squired for Barristan Selmy. God guided England out of this chaos and civil war and generations of destruction into the hands of the glorious Tudor dynasty. Considering, first that were a Shakespeare podcast, and second, that this is one of the most popular TV shows in decades, we thought: Well, why not? Club's Emily VanDerWerff gave it an A. Birth Place:Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. You see him changing his narrative of shifting from antagonist to protagonist. Hugo Speer actor, director, producer Born 1969 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK Hugo Speer was born in 1969 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. King Hugor of the Hill was the legendary first King of the Andals . Tyrion is such a great mixture of comedy and tragedy; of the lighthearted, the clown-ish moments, of the irreverence. No one was hurt in the incident and Speer was banned from driving for eighteen months. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. The highly acclaimed actor's CV is full of big screen credits in very famous films, with other movie appearances, including Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Dead in A Week or Your Money Back, to name just a few. Magnificently incorrect. This episode adapts content from the second novel, A Clash of Kings, chapters Theon IV, Sansa IV and parts of Catelyn V and Catelyn VII. I think an argument can be made that one of the thesis statements of Shakespeares career is that hereditary monarchy is doomed to failure. And I think we still see that today. So is this a case of Martin and Shakespeare are two different authors who are working with similar source material? As is policy, an investigation was launched. Realizing Osha has fled with Bran, Rickon, and Hodor, Theon hunts for the fugitives against Maester Luwin's wishes, following the trail of Bran and Rickon with bloodhounds. BOGAEV: Wow, when you look at it that way though, it seems as if almost any war would fit into the Wars of the Roses category. Game of Thrones was inspired by the Wars of the Roses, a civil war that wreaked great havoc in England. The world of Westeros may be fictional, but its origins are far from imaginary. With Baratheon blood running through his veins, fans are rooting for the talented blacksmith to uphold one of Westeros's last great houses. Its supposed to be difficult to understand whats going on in these texts, but I think we can forget how extremely difficult these texts areShakespeares first tetralogy, A Song of Ice and Firefor first time readers to come to these texts and just try to understand what is going on here. Here are all the necessary caveats. 32.3. This podcast episode, Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown, was produced by Richard Paul. Hes a Horatio. We've compiled a list of contenders for the coveted Iron Throne (the seat of the kingdom's monarchy) and enlisted royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams and medieval academics professor Sarah Peverley and Dr Gordon McKelvie to weigh in on each candidate's chances. If he gained the support of a significant number of lords, there was nothing to prevent him from trying to attain the crown. [CLIP from Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episode 1.]. The prince legally wed Jon's mother Lyanna Stark in a secret ceremony (Editor's note: All this he does not know yet). Family (1) Spouse Vivienne Harvey ( 19 February 2015 - present) Trivia (2) SKU:PC6919743. [CLIP from Richard II. BOGAEV: And maybe ask a not very scholarly question. He portrays Lucius in Britannia . On "Game of Thrones," he played the Spice King, one of The Thirteen who rule Qarth. ROBB STARK: I understand you dont trust Lord Greyjoy. But the unexpected often happens: William the Conqueror was born a bastard but took the throne by force at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Whats up, Arya? Could Robert's last surviving son give others on our list a good fight? I was going to say Shakespeares spinning in his grave. WILSON: And you get these fan communities that grew out of people whove just spent so much time working to understand whats happening in these really difficult texts. And as George R. R. Martin saidand I learned this the hard wayanyone who thinks that they know how his storys going to end, based on knowledge of the sources that hes using, will find themselves mistaken. Her ambition earned her the loyalty of many aides and allies. Margaret was also ruthless and highly influential. He made a return appearance in the 2020 episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls". Cersei seems to share their qualities. BOGAEV: It must have been very exciting viewing, when you were proven wrong. Confronting Jaime, Catelyn calls him "a man without honor", and Jaime bitterly explains the contradictions he faced in his vows as a knight. In turn, his descendants were overthrown during a rebellion incited by Robert Baratheon. The flag of Wales: Parallels with House Targaryen? Its unclear if his character will be recast or if the writers will have to tweak the script to address his absence. Following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct, actor Hugo Speer has been removed from the upcoming The Full Monty sequel series over at Disney+. Hugo Speer was born in Harrogate in the then West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. So earlier in English history, much more prominent was a system of elective monarchy, which is This is why toward the end of Hamlet, he says, The election lights on Fortinbras. People are deciding whos going to be the next king. Crowning yourself would bear no legitimacy, even during the most turbulent times in history. Will military assets and dragons win the hearts of the common people? CATELYN: I havent seen Renly Baratheon since he was a boy. You have these amazing fan cultures that grow up around Shakespeares history plays, so theres @HollowCrownFans on Twitter, BOGAEV: Yeah, thats true, and theres this. Were going to need their support in the war your son started. Candidate 3: Jon Snow. Here was a candidate with no royal lineage but made his desire to rule strongly known. Yet The Hound was victorious on a personal level, confronting his terror of fire and. But at the same time, Costains volume about the Plantagenets starts with the birth of Richard II and ends with the death of Richard III. Already very well known to British viewers thanks to playing Denzil in iconic comedy Only Fools and Horses, Paul lit up the screen in The Full Monty as well endowed wise cracker Horse. One of Britain's finest TV actresses, Lesley has rarely been away from the screen since playing Jean in The Full Monry a quarter of a century ago now. But then also very, very difficult pain and suffering that he has been through. He reunited with Robert Caryle to star alongside Samuel L.Jackson in The 51st State and has also appeared in The Hidden City and One Night in Istanbul, about a cabbie who takes his son to see Liverpool in the Champions League. And the similarities between that kind of heroic romance and what you see in fantasy literature, I think, kind of, recognition of those proto-fantasy elements in whats called the Tudor myth; the way that Shakespeare told this story, not as history, but as mythologized history of heroes and villains. And, since The Full Monty he's been a regular on both the big and small screen. [2] It first aired on HBO on May 13, 2012. Richard Fitzwilliams: His chances were nil. Dont think I cant smell it. 224. The family drama about a 12-year-old boy was scripted by Vivienne Harvey. WILSON: So you see that in the First Part of Henry VI with this hatred between the Duke of Somerset and the Duke of York. JEFFREY R. WILSON: Its probably about halfway through the first season that Im watching it, and I start to recognize these parallels between Starks and Yorks, and Lannisters and Lancasters, and Targaryens and Tudors. In 2011 he played a repairman whose repairs "come to life" in the supernatural drama Haven, based on a Stephen King story. Other than The Full Monty, the 53-year-old actor has featured inBritannia, Marcellaand The Musketeers. So the first thing he finds is tragedy. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. He was a skilled manipulator, known to have played out key allies. WILSON: Yeah, so usually when we think about English monarchy, we assume that it was always the case that the crown passed from the eldest son to the eldest son to the eldest son, but that was actually a later development in English history. Okay, my family are all huge Game of Thrones fans, so they insisted that I ask you this lightning round of who is the most Shakespearean character in Game of Thrones? And Littlefinger comes in second; dead ringer for Iago. Then you come around to this theory that its all planned. Born and bred in Westeros, Cersei is a devoted mother who married into royalty. And theres usually a strong overlap with people who like to create daily itineraries on family vacations, but I so often have. He provokes Catelyn, who asks for Brienne's sword. Die Vorgeschichte zu Game Of Thrones! Hes a character that the audiences find sympathetic and that we cheer for, like Richard III. Hugo Speer, seen here with Mark Williams as Father Brown in the current series (Image credit: BBC Studios/Gary Moyes) "The Full Monty" cast: Hugo Speer, Mark Addy, Steve Huison, Paul Barber & Tom Wilkinson at the Golden Globe Awards held at the. I would probably have to go with Tyrion. Returning from the hunt, Theon then reveals the charred remains of two boys as a public warning. You get the morally weak ruler, who has power, but has no idea of what the difference between right and wrong is. By subscribing, I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. But actually, I think as a good theater business man, he would understand the slingshot effect quite well. Artists position themselves behind Shakespeare, and just like a slingshot in cycling, they leverage Shakespeare to get a little bit of momentum, but then they dart out from behind Shakespeare and they go into all these directions and leave Shakespeare behind to kind of fade into the distance. So, Richard III, in the Tudor myth, is defeated in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth by Henry Tudor, who is, on his fathers side, the grandson of Owen Tudor, who secretly married Katherine, the widow of Henry V. Then on his mothers side, he is the great-great-grandson of John of Gaunt and his mistress and their illegitimate children, who were born out of wedlock, had been legitimized during the reign of Richard II. I think Shakespeares first tetralogy shows just what a disaster that kind of system can be, because theres no place for merit in that system. He could read others well and he made people do his bidding so he'd probably have made a very strong ruler. section of the Universitys first-year writing course. Heroes versus villains. and the BBC series Seaside Rescue. Kill all of them, I command it! Illegitimate no more, he is the son of Rhaegar Targaryen . Theres this amazing quote, and I think its the First Part of Henry VI, where the Duke of Exeter saysI wont get this exactly rightbut he says, This jarring discord of nobility, this shouldering of each other in court, this factious banding about of favorites, tis much when scepters are in childrens hands.. Xaro proclaims himself King of Qarth, revealing he made a deal with Pree the day Daenerys came to the city. Based on his knowledge of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, Harvard's Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilson knew just how HBO's Game of Thrones would play out. Our producer has tried his best to make sure that this conversation is relevant to everyone, whether youve watched Game of Thrones or not. Cameos have become a traditional part of HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones." While some of these sneaky appearances were other Hollywood stars or athletes, a whole subset of guest spots is devoted to just musicians.. The Wars of the Roses has the House of Lancaster, whose emblem is the red rose, and the House of York, whose emblem is the white. Follow the BBC's Game of Thrones coverage. by Peter A. BOGAEV: Hed go for that Game of Thrones marketing ploy. EDDARD STARK: Your son has no claim to the throne. CATELYN: I mothered more than just rebels; a fact you seem to have forgotten. Richard Fitzwilliams: The Targaryens were the rightful rulers of Westeros before their dynasty was usurped. Of Yorkshire and educated at Harrogate Grammar School actually, I agree to the throne than Daenerys far from.. 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