Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II Because I'm writing a play , I went to People, the National Theatre Live (NT Live) film of a performance of Alan Bennett's play, broadcast by satellite to 250 cinemas around the United Kingdom and to more than 500 cinemas around the world (trailer below). I went because I was curious; it was research. To my astonishment, I was enchanted. Then I was invited to preview another National Theatre Live film, of a performance of The Audience , a play by Peter Morgan, who also writes screenplays ( The Last King of Scotland , Frost/Nixon , The Queen ). Broadcast from the Gielgud Theatre, directed by Stephen Daldry ( Billy Elliot , The Hours , The Reader and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ) and starring Helen Mirren (trailer below). I was again enchanted. Margaret Thatcher (Haydn Gwynne) and Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren) Some st...
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