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The British Monarchy on Screen
Mandy Merck (Ed.)
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Description for The British Monarchy on Screen
Hardcover. A rich collection that looks at how the British monarchy has been seen on film and television. It is first comprehensive look at royalty on screen. Editor(s): Merck, Mandy. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. And from 1896, actual British monarchs appeared in the new 'animated photography', led by Queen Victoria. Half a century later the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II was a milestone in the adoption of television, watched by 20 million Britons and 100 million North Americans. At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring ... Read more
Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. And from 1896, actual British monarchs appeared in the new 'animated photography', led by Queen Victoria. Half a century later the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II was a milestone in the adoption of television, watched by 20 million Britons and 100 million North Americans. At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099564
SKU
9780719099564
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About Mandy Merck (Ed.)
Mandy Merck is Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London -- .
Reviews for The British Monarchy on Screen
'Overall this collection brings together a range of well-researched and well-written essays which explore in great detail the various ways in which photography and film have been used to represent the British monarchy. One cannot help coming to the conclusion that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's early attraction to the new photographic medium was a prescient move on their part ... Read more