The 12th-century ruler Empress Matilda has been depicted in various cultural media.
Theatre, film and television
Matilda is a character in Henry I of England, a play by Beth Flintoff, which was first performed in November 2016 at
St James's Church, Reading.[1][2] The drama follows the story of the three sons of
William the Conqueror and ends with the early reign of her father
Henry, including the time when Matilda became Empress by marrying
Henry V of Germany.
The narrative continues in Flintoff's play Matilda the Empress, first performed in 2017 at the same venue with Dani McCallum taking the lead part. It depicts Matilda's later life and
The Anarchy period after Henry I's death when she and her cousin
Stephen were rivals for the succession.[3][4] In the concluding part of Flintoff's trilogy, Henry II, which was first performed in October 2018 at Reading's
Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Matilda is depicted attending the
dedication of
Reading Abbey over the Easter weekend of 1164.[5][6]
^"A LEGEND OF READING ABBEY, Dutton, 1904. Conflict between Matilda and the usurper Stephen". McGarry, Daniel D. McGarry, White, Sarah Harriman, Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (pgs. 62)
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abMyron J. Smith, War story guide: an annotated bibliography of military fiction. Scarecrow Press, 1980.
ISBN978-0810812819 (p. 13, 24).
^Sydney Morning Herald 30 December 1932 "Novels of the Day:The Empress by Carola Oman" p. 3.
^"Peters, Ellis. Dead Man's Ransom. New York: Morrow, 1984. 190p. $13.95.
ISBN0-688-04194-9. YA In 1141, King Stephen and Empress Maud battle at Lincoln for the crown, and their conflict results in a prisoner exchange". Adamson Lynda G., Literature connections to world history, 7-12 : resources to enhance and entice
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
ISBN9781563085055 (pg. 329)
1Overlord of
Britain. 2Also ruler of
Ireland. 3Also ruler of
Scotland and Ireland. 4Lord Protector. 5Also ruler of
England and Ireland. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.