History is a strange thing it is not a straight no matter how much some people want it to be.
Mary & George is about one of the many favourites of King James 1 of England. As portrayed here, and apparently in fact, James enjoyed the company of his male favourites to that of his wife and as a consequence young men vie for his favours as young women would vie for a monarch's favour in other royal courts.
One such is George Villiers (Nicholas Galitzine) whose mother is like a stage mother from hell, played with delicious venom by the wonderful Julianne Moore.
This series is sexual more than sexy. Raw in its use of language. Violent in its telling of history. Political games are played and won and lost.
The script is not too removed from know historical facts at least as far as Villiers and the King are concerned.
The design, costumes and cinematography are breathtaking.
Galitzine plays Villiers with an insouciance and gradual knowing of his role and power.
There is much black humour in this series but at its heart is a story rarely told of homosexual monarchs and the games played around them.
Mary & George is about one of the many favourites of King James 1 of England. As portrayed here, and apparently in fact, James enjoyed the company of his male favourites to that of his wife and as a consequence young men vie for his favours as young women would vie for a monarch's favour in other royal courts.
One such is George Villiers (Nicholas Galitzine) whose mother is like a stage mother from hell, played with delicious venom by the wonderful Julianne Moore.
This series is sexual more than sexy. Raw in its use of language. Violent in its telling of history. Political games are played and won and lost.
The script is not too removed from know historical facts at least as far as Villiers and the King are concerned.
The design, costumes and cinematography are breathtaking.
Galitzine plays Villiers with an insouciance and gradual knowing of his role and power.
There is much black humour in this series but at its heart is a story rarely told of homosexual monarchs and the games played around them.