National Theatre Live: The Audience vs Shirley

National Theatre Live: The Audience has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.9/10 for Shirley). Shirley is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 22m. National Theatre Live: The Audience is the older of the two (2013 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

National Theatre Live: The Audience posterNational Theatre Live: The Audience2013 VS Shirley posterShirley2024
National Theatre Live: The AudienceShirley
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.9/10
Year20132024
Length2h 22m1h 57m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorRobin LoughJohn Ridley
Main castPaul Ritter, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Beevers, Edward Fox, Nell WilliamsW. Earl Brown, Terrence Howard, Dorian Missick, Amirah Vann, Lucas Hedges

Synopsis

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.

Shirley

Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

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