Examine royal succession through acclaimed British films that explore power not as ceremony, but as moral and political crisis. Trace the monarchy’s evolution from personal rule to institutional authority, beginning with the Plantagenet struggles in “Becket” (1964) and “The Lion in Winter” (1968). Consider the moral costs of kingship and the performance of national leadership through two Shakespeare adaptations: “Chimes at Midnight” (1965) and the “Tudor Rupture: A Man for All Seaons” (1966) and the consolidation of legitimacy “Elizabeth” (1998). Click here for a promo video.
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