{"id":47010,"date":"2022-06-12T04:31:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/in-becoming-elizabeth-a-queens-rebellious-teenage-years\/"},"modified":"2022-06-12T04:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:31:21","slug":"in-becoming-elizabeth-a-queens-rebellious-teenage-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/in-becoming-elizabeth-a-queens-rebellious-teenage-years\/","title":{"rendered":"In ‘Becoming Elizabeth,’ a Queen’s Rebellious Teenage Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON – At the start of \u201cBecoming Elizabeth,\u201d a new Starz series about the little-depicted teenage years of Queen Elizabeth I of England, a carriage clatters through a rain-drenched dawn, led by riders on horseback bearing flaming torches. It is January 1547, and the carriage is carrying the body of King Henry VIII; immediately after, we see his legitimate children di lui, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, roused from bed and ushered through dark corridors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did you bring us all here? What do you mean to do to us? ” asks a frightened Mary, the elder of three. “Is this it?” whispers the 14-year-old Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

The darkness, chaos and fear of these first minutes sets the tone for the eight-part “Becoming Elizabeth,” written by the British playwright Anya Reiss as an epic family drama – more “Succession” than “The White Queen.” Henry’s death is the catalyst for a mighty struggle for power amid the nobles, who vie to run the country in the name of Edward, 9, the new king, and to utilize Henry’s children as pawns in their game of survival.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n