[ecrea] The British Monarchy on Screen Conference 23 and 24 November Senate House, University of London

THE BRITISH MONARCHY ON SCREEN



Senate House, University of London
November 23 & 24, 2012

A conference convened by the Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, 
University of London,
the University of London Screen Studies Group,
the Institute of English Studies, University of London,
and the Centre for International Theatre and Performance Research
at Royal Holloway, University of London



Registration: £40 Standard; £20 Students/unwaged
For details and registration see: 
http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/ies-conferences/ScreenStudiesGroup/Monarchy



Provisional schedule:



FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23


9.30 – 10.00am: Registration: Senate House South Block, Malet Street, 
London WC1E 7HU

10.00 – 10.15am: Welcome and Introduction: Mandy Merck, Royal Holloway, 
University of London



TUDORBETHAN DRAMA IN FILM AND TELEVISION:



10.15 –11.15am: Plenary Lecture: Queen Elizabeth I – First Diva: 
Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich /
New York University and Barbara Straumann, University of Zurich

11.15 – 11.30am: Coffee

11.30 – 1.00pm: Her Majesty Moves: Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Elizabeth 
(1912), and the Development of Motion Pictures: Victoria Duckett, 
Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne

Queering the Queen: Quentin Crisp as Elizabeth I: Sally Potter, director 
of Orlando (1992), in conversation with Glyn Davis, University of Edinburgh

The Tudors (2007-2010) and the International, Post-National and 
Post-Historical TV Series: Basil Glynn, Independent television scholar

1.00 – 1.30pm: Discussion of morning presentations

1.30 – 2.30pm: Lunch break



VICTORIANA:



2.30 – 4.00pm: Early Cinema and the British Monarchy: Filming Queen 
Victoria’s Jubilee: Ian Christie, Birkbeck College, University of London

Victoria on the Screen: The Heart of a Heartless Political World?: 
Steven Fielding, University of Nottingham

Walbrook’s Royal Waltzes: Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert: James Downs, 
Independent photography scholar and biographer of Anton Walbrook


4.00 – 4.30pm: Tea


4.30 – 5.15pm: Discussion of afternoon presentations




JOHN COFFIN MEMORIAL PUBLIC LECTURE:



6.00 – 7.00pm: The Queen in Australia: Rebranding the British 
Commonwealth in the Pacific:
Jane Landman, Victoria University, Melbourne, introduced by Brian 
Winston, University of Lincoln


7.00 – 8.00pm: Drinks Reception





SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24



9.30 – 10.00am: Late Registration and Coffee

10.00 - 10.30am: Sixty Years a Queen (WG Barker and GB Samuelson, 1913): 
Jude Cowan Montague,
Independent film scholar

10.30 – 11.00am: Documenting the Royal Family: The Colonial Film Unit: 
Sydney Samuelson (editor, cinematographer, founder of Samuelson Film 
Service, later Britain’s first Film Commissioner) in conversation with 
Erica Carter, King’s College, University of London



THE POPULAR USES OF ROYAL REPRESENTATION:



11.00 – 12.30pm: ‘The Queen Has Two Bodies’: Amateur Film, Civic Culture 
and the Rehearsal of Monarchy Karen Lury, University of Glasgow

The Queen on the Big Screen(s) – Outdoor Screens and Public 
Congregations: Ruth Adams, King’s College, University of London

The Regal Catwalk – Royal Weddings and the Media Promotion of British 
Fashion
Jo Stephenson, Queen Mary, University of London


12.30 – 1.15pm: Discussion of Morning Presentations


1.15 – 2.15pm: Lunch break



THE MONARCHY IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CINEMA:



2.15 – 3.15pm: Plenary Lecture: Contemporary ‘British’ Cinema and the 
Nation’s Monarchs:
Andrew Higson, University of York


3.15 – 3.30pm: Tea



3.30 – 5.00pm: Queen of a Nation, Queen of Hearts: Melodrama and 
Docudrama in The Queen (2006):
Mandy Merck, Royal Holloway, University of London

When Words Fail: The King’s Speech (2010) as Melodrama: Nicola Rehling, 
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The King’s Speech: An Allegory of Imperial Rapport: Deidre Gilfedder, 
Universite Paris-Dauphine



5.00 – 5.45pm: Discussion of Afternoon Presentations and Close









http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/ies-conferences/ScreenStudiesGroup/Monarchy

Tel. +44 (0)207 664 4859 | Email: (IESEvents /at/ sas.ac.uk)



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