Overview
In 1575, ambitious 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley, decides to keep his marriage to the love of his life, Amy Robsart, secret in order to gain favour with Queen Elizabeth I. This leads to tragedy. Based on fact-based novel.
Cast
- Jeremy Brett as Edmund Tressilian
- Gemma Jones as Queen Elizabeth I
- George Innes as Lambourne
- John Fraser as Richard Varney
- David Langton as Earl of Sussex
- Prunella Ransome as Amy Robsart
- John Bryans as Foster
- Patricia Fuller as Janet
- Graham Lines as Earl of Leicester
- Barry Jackson as Wayland Smith