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The White Princess

The White Princess

TV Series · 2017 · 15 people

Developed for Starz, the historical drama miniseries The White Princess was made in Britain and the United States. Its main source is Philippa Gregory's 2013 novel of the same title, with some material drawn from her 2014 follow-up The King's Curse. It continues the BBC's 2013 miniseries The White Queen, starting right where that series ended. Its eight episodes of about 50 minutes aired from 16 April to 4 June 2017.

The story unfolds in the winter court of Henry Tudor and tells one of the most turbulent periods of English history largely from the women's point of view. At its centre is the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, which joins the houses of Lancaster and York and effectively ends the Wars of the Roses. Yet the couple's enmity and mistrust, together with the political plots of their mothers, threaten to tear apart both the marriage and the kingdom. The cast includes Jodie Comer, Rebecca Benson, Jacob Collins-Levy, Kenneth Cranham, Essie Davis, Rossy de Palma, Caroline Goodall and Philip Arditti.

Jamie Payne and Alex Kalymnios directed the episodes. The series reached Brazil on 16 April 2017, and in 2020 it was shown in France on Chérie 25 and in Belgium on RTLplay. Its story was carried on in a follow-up series, The Spanish Princess.

DirectorJamie Payne, Alex Kalymnios
NetworkStarz

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Philip Arditti Philip Arditti Actor · born 1979 Jodie Comer Rebecca Benson Jacob Collins-Levy Kenneth Cranham Essie Davis Rossy de Palma Richard Dillane Anthony Flanagan Patrick Gibson Caroline Goodall Amy Manson Adrian Rawlins Vincent Regan Suki Waterhouse

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

The big advantage of this eight-episode miniseries is how compact it is; with no long season to fill, there's little room for a sagging middle. One warning, though: since it picks up right where The White Queen ended, newcomers who skipped that series may struggle with the characters' old scores in the early episodes. The real engine is a marriage that starts in enmity and mistrust, and how that conflict shifts from episode to episode is what carries you to the end. If you get hooked, The Spanish Princess continues the story.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Telling the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor court largely from the women's point of view is a welcome counterweight to the usual history of kings and battles. A political marriage used to reconcile two royal houses, along with the mothers' plotting, makes visible the limited but real influence women had in the power games of the period. One caveat is needed, though: the series is adapted from Philippa Gregory's novels, not from history books. A novelist's interpretations and dramatic choices shouldn't be taken as historical fact. A good way to spark interest in the period, but not a source.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

A political marriage that begins in hostility is a highly productive dramatic core for a costume drama: the conflict is built in, and the question of trust is on the table in every scene. The problem is how long that core can keep striking the same note. In my view an adaptation drawing on two separate novels tightens the plot but at times leaves the characters' inner lives on the surface, with one intrigue simply following another. Splitting the directing between two people is also something to watch in terms of tonal unity. In the end it offers genre fans a solid period drama, but don't expect anything that redefines the form.

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