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An Historian Goes to the Movies
Last week I looked at the illness of King George III as it is depicted in The Madness of King George (1994, dir. Nicholas Hytner, based on Alan Bennett’s play The Madness of George III, adapted by Bennett for the film). (Incidentally, there is a myth that the title change was due to Americans thinking that the film was a sequel. In reality, the producers worried that the audiences wouldn’t understand that this film was about a king.) But I only touched on the film’s other half, which examines the Regency Crisis that broke out around the king and his son Prince George.(Because there are two Georges here, I’ll capitalize ‘King’ and ‘Prince’ to help the reader tell them apart.)
In my discussion of The DuchessI talked about the Regency Crisis, but it’s worth going over again. The British Government of the period was conceived of as The Crown in Parliament, meaning that the King ran the government, but that Parliament played a dominant role in the legislative process, so that the king had to operate through his ministers in Parliament rather than just issuing decrees on his own. Thus the king was a vitally important figure, unlike in modern England, where the monarch mostly plays a ceremonial role. The king h
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James Fox
English actor (born 1939)
For other uses, see James Fox (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Jamie Foxx.
James Fox | |
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Fox in 2014 | |
| Born | William Fox (1939-05-19) 19 May 1939 (age 85) London, England |
| Years active | 1950–1970, 1981–present |
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth Piper (m. 1973; died 2020) |
| Children | 5, including Jack and Laurence |
| Parent | Robin Fox (father) |
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| Family | Fox |
James William Fox (born William Fox; 19 May 1939) is an English actor known for his work in film and television. Fox's career began in the 1960s through roles in films such as The Servant and Performance. He is also known for his roles in A Passage to India in 1984 and The Remains of the Day in 1993.
In the 1970s, Fox took a break from acting to focus on personal and spiritual matters, returning to acting in the early 1980s. Over time, he built a reputation for playing a variety of roles, including upper-class figures and more serious characters. He is a member of the Fox family of actors.
Early life
[edit]Fox was born on 19 May 1939 in London, the second son of theatrical agentRobin Fox[1] and actress Angela Worthington. His elder brother is actor Edward