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A Guide to Nine Days a Queen
in line for the succession. This accounts in part for the interpretation given to her character in the photoplay as the dominating member of the family.
In 1547, then, England was confronted with the problem of the rule of a minor — a lad of ten, who under the terms of his father's will was not to come of age until he was eighteen. (He only lived to be sixteen.)
The creation of a single protector or guardian for the young king, even though it might be his uncle, setting aside the other executors of the will, was entirely counter to Henry VIII's plan. The reign which follows therefore, divides itself into two parts, the first from 1547 to 1549, marked by the domination of the king's uncle, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, whose control of the young king was contested by his brother; the second, 1549-1553, by the still more sinister figure of John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, Earl of Warwick, and Duke of Northumberland, whose intrigues, as the photoplay indicates, antedate the establishment of Somerset's protectorate.
The sickly Edward and his cousin Lady Jane Grey fall victims to their machinations. Death and violence are the characteristics of the reign, with such victims as the Duke of Somerset, his brother Thomas, Warwick, Warwick's son, and Lady Jane Grey, to say nothing of the tragedy of a young life rapidly succumbing to disease. The photoplay naturally embodies but a small portion of the significant developments that mark the importance of the period. It provides a significant vehicle for the better understanding of the human aspects of the period.
Part Two: THE CHIEF EPISODES IN NINE DAYS A QUEEN
It is suggested that these be studied both separately and in their relation one to the other, as they supply the necessary movement and drama.
I. King Henry VIII declares his will as to the succession to the throne and dies in Whitehall Palace.
II. Prince Edward's two uncles, Edward and Thomas Seymour, notify him of his accession at Hertford.
III. The new king confers upon his uncle the position of Lord Protector in the Great Hall at Whitehall Palace.
IV. The two uncles quarrel over the custody of the king at Hertford and the king exhibits the first symptoms of his fatal illness.
V. Thomas Seymour arranges with Lady Jane Grey's parents to act as her guardian and bring her to London.
VI. Lady Jane Grey arrives in London and the Lord Protector informed of it, plans to act against his brother.
VII. The Protector arrests his brother in London.