Elizabeth vs National Theatre Live: The Audience

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.2/10 for Elizabeth). Elizabeth is the shorter watch at 2h 4m compared with 2h 22m. Elizabeth is the older of the two (1998 against 2013). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Elizabeth posterElizabeth1998 VS National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013
ElizabethNational Theatre Live: The Audience
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 8.3/10
Year19982013
Length2h 4m2h 22m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
Country––
DirectorShekhar KapurRobin Lough
Main castKelly Macdonald, Cate Blanchett, Vincent Cassel, Emily Mortimer, Christopher EcclestonPaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell Williams

Synopsis

Elizabeth

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

National Theatre Live: The Audience

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

Where to watch

Where to watch ElizabethWhere to watch National Theatre Live: The Audience

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