Lady Jane (1986)

Directors

Trevor Nunn

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart, John Wood, Michael Hordern

The story

The death of Henry VIII of England throws his kingdom into chaos as his successor, Edward VI, is both under-age and in poor health. Anticipating the young king's imminent death from tuberculosis and anxious to keep England true to the Protestant Reformation by keeping the Catholic Princess Mary from the throne, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lord President of the Council and second only to the king in power, hatches a plan to marry his second son, Lord Guildford, to Lady Jane Grey, and have the royal physician keep the young king Edward VI alive—albeit in excruciating pain—long enough to get him to name Jane his heir. Jane is…

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