59 Nelle sue vesti anatomiche maschili, Orlando diventa il favorito di Elisabetta I Tudor, Regina d’Inghilterra [1533-1603], alla cui corte fiorirono la poesia, l’arte, la letteratura e il teatro elisabettiano, compendiato nell’immortale Shakespeare. Donna di cultura attenta alla sua immagine - consapevole del potere non solo evocativo, ma anche governativo dell’iconografia, al punto da ratificare la confisca delle opere non giudicate consone al suo fascino - a distanza di secoli The Virgin �ueen andrebbe fiera delle personificazioni cinematografiche a opera di icone di stile quali, tra le altre, Sarah Bernhardt [Les amours de la reine Élisabeth, 1912], Bette Davis [The Virgin �ueen, 1955], Cate Blanchett [Elizabeth, 1998 e 2007], Judi Dench [Shakespeare in love, 1998], Helen Mirren [Elizabeth I, 2005] e, da femminista ante-litteram quale fu Elisabetta I, �uentin Crisp [Orlando, 1992]. Vanessa Redgrave fu incoronata Elisabetta I in Anonymous [2011], e Vanessa Beecroft ha spogliato e moltiplicato all’infinito, in VB43 [Gagosian Gallery, Londra, 2000], una Regina che considera, assieme a Twiggy e Vanessa Redgrave, simboli stessi dell’Inghilterra. [Potere dell’arte: eterno ritorno]. In his anatomically male robes, Orlando becomes the favourite of Elizabeth I, Tudor �ueen of England [1533-1603], at whose court poetry, art, literature and English Renaissance theatre flourished, culminating in the immortal Shakespeare. A women with careful cultivation of her image - conscious of the not just evocative, but also governative power of the iconography, to the point of ratifying confiscation of the works not considered appropriate to her appeal - after centuries, “The Virgin �ueen” would be proud of the cinematographic personifications by such style icons as, among others, Sarah Bernhardt [Les amours de la reine Élisabeth, 1912], Bette Davis [The Virgin �ueen, 1955], Cate Blanchett [Elizabeth, 1998 and 2007], Judi Dench [Shakespeare in love 1998], Helen Mirren [Elizabeth I, 2005] and, respecting the ante-litteram feminist who was Elizabeth I, �uentin Crisp [Orlando, 1992]. Vanessa Redgrave was crowned Elizabeth I in “Anonymous” [2011], and Vanessa Beecroft, in “VB43” [Gagosian Gallery, London, 2000], stripped and multiplied to infinity a �ueen who was regarded, alongside Twiggy and Vanessa Redgrave, as the very symbols of England. [Power of art: “eternal return”]. 6° Elizabeth I of England Nicholas Hilliard [attrib], The Ermine portrait of Elizabeth I of England [detail, ca. 1585] oil on canvas, 89 x 63 cm courtesy: Hatfield House, private collection stage name
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