An overview of upcoming historical tv shows, posted yesterday. Of interest to Salon: a new Russian tv series Elizaveta by the same folk that made the most recent Ekaterina/Catherine series about Elizabeth between Peter the Great's death and her coup making herself Tsarina. Since this includes the time when Anna Ivanova organized the ice palace wedding, I bet they'll include that. However, considering that, Mildred, you told us this Ekaterina show not only gave Fritz fearsome gigantic beasts as dogs instead of Italian greyhounds but also let him attempt to poison the Russian royal family as if he was Vladimir Putin, including his biggest fan Peter, despite the fact this makes no sense whatsoever, I have to wonder which non Russian bad guy will be around for this one. Probably Anna's lover? And now for the really important question: will Suhm have a cameo appearance? Will Algarotti? (Who was there for Anna Leopoldovna's wedding, remember.) Hey, maybe Algarotti will be Fritz' super secret poisoning honeypot spy?
On a less silly note, another upcoming show is about Elizabeth (Tudor) between the death of Henry VIII and her own accension, and as we get glimpses of Thomas Seymour, young Robin Dudley, young Jane Grey etc, I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll get some complicated stuff instead of just doing the Mary vs Elizabeth thing of Mary's reign. And on a personal not salon note, I'm gratefied yet another show is about Varian Fry who saved among many many other people Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta's lives from Hitler.
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...but who will play Algarotti?
Date: 2021-11-08 03:03 pm (UTC)On a less silly note, another upcoming show is about Elizabeth (Tudor) between the death of Henry VIII and her own accension, and as we get glimpses of Thomas Seymour, young Robin Dudley, young Jane Grey etc, I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll get some complicated stuff instead of just doing the Mary vs Elizabeth thing of Mary's reign. And on a personal not salon note, I'm gratefied yet another show is about Varian Fry who saved among many many other people Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife Marta's lives from Hitler.