Disney+ said it had been made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Hugo Speer on the set of a commissioned production.. But he did itat least at firstfor a completely different reason. I (2013). Jaime and Alton talk about his family and the time Alton squired for Jaime and the time Jaime squired for Barristan Selmy. Petyr Baelish could have risen high but it's a dangerous place to be, as Cromwell, who was later executed by King Henry VIII, eventually found. I was going to say Shakespeares spinning in his grave. Realizing Osha has fled with Bran, Rickon, and Hodor, Theon hunts for the fugitives against Maester Luwin's wishes, following the trail of Bran and Rickon with bloodhounds. ROBERT BARATHEON: Stinks like death. Garland Scott is the associate producer. The boys arrive at the farm where they sent the orphans, not knowing that Theon is almost on them. The dragon we have in the UK rests on the Welsh flag, first used by Henry Tudor at the 1485 Battle of Bosworth which saw the defeat of Richard III and ended the Wars of the Roses. So where the Elizabethan theatrical scene sort of identifies and nurtures individual talent; with Game of Thrones, we see a corporate entity literally taking the narrative away from the author and finishing it not with his direct involvement, for the sake of making more money. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. BOGAEV: Well, you write about this in the book that one of Martins primary source materials was Thomas B. Costains four volume History of the Plantagenets, which sounds like a real drag. BOGAEV: Because shes a displaced ruler in an insane royal family, and she goes mad with power, and she dies at the hand of the person who loves her most, which seems to me so Shakespearean, but not to the letter of the plays. No one in medieval England made such a dramatic grab for power like Cersei did. Magnificently incorrect. In Daenerys's case, she has a legitimate ancestral claim. Yeah, I can see that. Returning from the hunt, Theon then reveals the charred remains of two boys as a public warning. [CLIP from Game of Thrones, Season 2, Episode 1.]. You see it in politics. And on TV, he has starred in everything from The Syndicate to Doctor Who. Were going to need their support in the war your son started. What's he waiting for? WILSON: Costains four-volume History of the Plantagenets is the one source that Ive seen that Martin has singled out as where he draws his knowledge of the Plantagenets from. We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano at Voice Trax West in Studio City California. Roles in the immediate aftermath of the film included parts in BBC dramas Playing the Field and Clocking Off, while over on ITV, she starred alongside Alan Davies in Bob & Rose. She also has an army, dragons and is beloved by those she liberates. You have a hundred other lords. While plotting the deaths of her rivals, Cersei lost her three children but ascended to the throne. There are plenty of online guides to help fill in the blanks anywhere that weve failed in that. Im Michael Witmore, the Folgers director. It is entirely possible that she would follow "tradition" and defer to him, following the lines of primogeniture. We were given a cast list . Nearly 20 million people watched the final episode, which is unheard of for any show thats not a live sporting event. As for his own notorious demise, which rivals anything in King Lear or Titus Andronicus, the news was broken to him by a man in the street. So theres clearly analogies we can draw to franchises like Star Wars, which have told a story, but the order in which they made those texts does not mirror the order in which the events in the story happen. If we dont win this fight, then that is the fate of every person in the world. WILSON: If we want, kind of, a window into the way that Shakespeares Elizabethan theater world worked, Game of Thrones is a fascinating example. Like any respected ruler, Jon Snow has led troops onto the field and fought with them in battle, Many rooting for Jon think he will make an excellent (but reluctant) Westeros king. It sows discord and division. "A Man Without Honor" is the seventh episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. Perhaps this is Gendry's fate? As is policy, an investigation was launched. And so you have, in Shakespeare studies, all of these fascinating conversations about, kind of, whats the right metaphor to describe the way that Shakespeare shows up in modern literature and culture? This combination gives her a superior claim over others as she has the interests of the people at heart, rather than her own ambitions. Richard Fitzwilliams: As his father was Rhaegar, Jon obviously has a very strong claim. All rights reserved. Then, you know, as we get to the final few seasons, it maybe slid back into professional obligation again. Its supposed to be difficult to understand whats going on in these texts, but I think we can forget how extremely difficult these texts areShakespeares first tetralogy, A Song of Ice and Firefor first time readers to come to these texts and just try to understand what is going on here. These include appearances in Death in Paradise and Skins. Themes are for eighth grade book reports. He was a novelist before he was in TV, I mean, who knows what the TV writers knew about the first tetralogy? So its kind of a it made me think of a chicken and the egg question, you know? His pastimes include falconry, walking and music. And so in the first tetralogy especially, what we see is this factionalism is the outgrowth of the Child King. Bob is the one holding the box. WILSON: Or any group behavior. But would the monarchy have favoured this revelation? [4] In the United Kingdom, the episode was seen by 0.935 million viewers on Sky Atlantic, being the channel's highest-rated broadcast that week. Hugo Speer as David Bradford on London Kills. You married one rebel and mothered another. Luwin cries out in horror for Bran and Rickon, while Theon struggles to hide his remorse. And I want to just back up for a second, because. Shae tries to help conceal the blood, but the Hound sees the sheet. WITMORE: Doctor Jeffrey R. Wilson is a faculty member in the Writing Program at Harvard University, where he teaches the Why Shakespeare? Sources told Deadline that the actor denied the allegations and planned to appeal them. Starting in 2014, Speer appeared as Captain Treville in The Musketeers. Which came first? All the monsieur les faits out there who know their Shakespeare got really a comeuppance. But his cunning plans soon caught up with him and now he's paid the price with his life. Born and bred in Westeros, Cersei is a devoted mother who married into royalty. Source: Acorn TV. The fascinating thing about Shakespeare is that he never lets those stories remain restricted to the character. So we have Robert Baratheon gored by a bore during this hunting accident that recalls Shakespeares Venus and Adonis. You have these amazing fan cultures that grow up around Shakespeares history plays, so theres @HollowCrownFans on Twitter, BOGAEV: Yeah, thats true, and theres this. 32.3. Before 1 April 1974 Harrogate was in the West Riding of Yorkshire. I (2013). But then I also think that theres a connection between the labor that we have to do to understand whats going on in these texts and the love that we have for these texts. The way that I think about it is that its probably less the case that Martin was directly reading Shakespeares history plays about the Wars of the Roses. And, since The Full Monty he's been a regular on both the big and small screen. Cersei declared herself queen without any legitimacy. Could Robert's last surviving son give others on our list a good fight? BOGAEV: Oh, and now youre getting into the layers and layers of this. And so he stands at, kind of, one level of remove from Martin and the sources that Martin credits for his knowledge of this period of history. Hugo Speer, Actor: The Full Monty. The low-born Petyr Baelish (nicknamed Little Finger) worked his way into prominence and eventually landed in the late King Robert's court. This week it was confirmed that stars including Robert Caryle and Hugo Speer are coming back together to film a their roles in a new eight-part series, which will follow Pam and Tommy onto on Disney+ as one of the more surprising additions to the streaming service. They go on and on and they expand outward. Britain is the last European country to have coronation ceremonies with imposing religious rituals. And its really clear that Martin knows about the Wars of the Roses, but its really unclear what the relationship between Martins adaptation of the Wars of the Roses and Shakespeares adaptation of the Wars of the Roses in his history plays is. Nicholas Blane made an appearance in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" as Bob, a wizard who worked with Arthur Weasley at the Ministry of Magic. [5], The episode received positive reviews from critics. BOGAEV: Yeah, thats really true. Dinklage said he didn't know why people were so obsessed with who would eventually take the throne. Birth Place:Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. And before you answer, my money was on Daenerys, mother of dragons. Now aged 60, Robert's TV appearances have come in the likes of Hamish Macbeth, fantasy series Once Upon A Time and Cobra. King Hugor of the Hill was the legendary first King of the Andals . You see him changing his narrative of shifting from antagonist to protagonist. This podcast episode, Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown, was produced by Richard Paul. The episode received positive reviews from critics. His mysterious death was also the catalyst which sent DI Poole to the island of Saint Marie. Margaret was also ruthless and highly influential. And Littlefinger comes in second; dead ringer for Iago. WILSON: But you have artists who are using Shakespeare for inspiration or to launch their narratives. Richard Fitzwilliams: His chances were nil. So maybe you could lay that out for us, because it is really interesting, as you point out and throughout your book, how George R. R. Martin hes following Shakespeares first tetralogy to a point, or using it as a source. Previous: Shakespeare, Science, and Art| Next:Naomi Miller on Mary Sidney andImperfect Alchemist. As soon as I recognized the Shakespearean, historical parallels, I sort of watched the first couple seasons out of a sense of professional obligation. Instead, Martin is adapting the heavily politicized version that Shakespeare contributed to, whats called the Tudor myth. This is because. Yet The Hound was victorious on a personal level, confronting his terror of fire and. Sarah Peverley: Being labelled the "rightful heir" isn't quite as clear-cut as it sounds. BOGAEV: Hmm. Read about our approach to external linking. We often talk about Shakespeare being a pop culture phenomenon in his day. Kill all of them, I command it! That have these interweaving stories, and theyre just epic in scope. BARBARA BOGAEV: Jeff, I remember at some pointbefore I even watched Game of ThronesI heard that it had something to do with the War of Roses, but when did you catch on to this? 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