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WHITE QUEEN, THE (STARZ)
Premieres Saturday, August 10
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
8/10/13
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STATUS:
new this summer (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
saturdays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (10 episodes) |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Starz's press release, May 2013) Starz announced today "The White Queen," adapted from Phillipa Gregory's best-selling novels based on England's War of the Roses (also known as The Cousins' War) will premiere on STARZ in the U.S. on Saturday, August 10th at 9pm ET/PT, following the Friday night finale of the second season of "Magic City." "The White Queen" novels and series are told from the perspective of the three fiercely determined women who laid claim to the English throne: Elizabeth Woodville (The White Queen), Margaret Beaufort (The Red Queen) and Anne Neville (The Kingmaker's Daughter). While the men fought and killed on the battlefield in their quest for power, these three women used whatever means possible to wage war on their enemies who stood in their way and threatened their claim. In the STARZ original drama, the year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled England, and war has been ravaging throughout the country over who is the rightful king. It is a blood feud between two sides of the same family; The House of York and The House of Lancaster. The House of York's young heir Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of his mentor and advisor, the master manipulator Lord Warwick, known at court as "The Kingmaker." When Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick's plan to control the throne comes crashing down. A violent, high-stakes struggle for the crown ensues between Elizabeth, her fiercest adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville, a pawn in her father's power game. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amanda Hale as Margaret Beaufort
· Aneurin Bernard as Richard Duke of York
· Ben Lamb as Anthony Rivers
· David Oakes as George Duke of Clarence
· Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabel Neville
· Eve Ponsenby as Mary Woodville
· Faye Marsay as Anne Neville
· Frances Tomelty as Lady Beauchamp
· Hugh Mitchell as Richard Welles
· James Frain as Lord Warwick
· Janet McTeer as Jacquetta
· Juliet Aubrey as Countess of Warwick
· Max Irons as Edward IV
· Michael Maloney as Henry Stafford
· Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville
· Robert Pugh as Baron Rivers
· Simon Ginty as John Rivers
· Tom McKay as Jasper Tudor
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Charles Pattinson as EP
· Colin Callender as EP
· Emma Frost as CRTR
· Eurydice Gysel as EP
· George Faber as EP
· Gina Cronk as PROD
· James Kent as DIR
· John Griffin as EP
· Philippa Gregory as BOOK/EP
· Polly Hill as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Company Pictures
· Czar Television
· Playground
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