Cultural depictions of Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great, the 9th-century English monarch, has been depicted several times on screen and in literature.

Depictions on screen include:

the 1969 film Alfred the Great, directed by Clive Donner, with David Hemmings playing Alfred,
The Raven and the Cross, a children's TV serial, about his conflict with Guthrum,
King Alfred, episode 4 of Churchill's People, where he was played by Alan Howard.
In Vikings, his childhood is portrayed; however, he is supposed as the bastard son of Athelstan by Aethelwulf's wife Judith (based on Judith of Flanders), but is nonetheless raised as Aethelwulf's legitimate son.
Horrible Histories and their rebooted series portrayed his life story and was played by Mathew Baynton/Tom Rosenthal
The Last Kingdom, a TV adaptation for The Saxon Stories, with David Dawson as Alfred.

Alfred is the subject of several works of historical fiction. These include:-

Alfred, epic poem by Henry James Pye
Alfred, epic poem by Joseph Cottle
King Alfred, epic poem by John Fitchet
Sea-Kings in England, novel by Edwin Atherstone
The Ballad of the White Horse, an epic poem by G. K. Chesterton,
The Namesake and The Marsh King, juvenile historical novels by C. Walter Hodges,
The Saxon Stories series by Bernard Cornwell, in which he is portrayed as a pious and physically weak individual. Although unassuming, he is possessed of an iron will and, ultimately, becomes a significant barrier to Viking ambitions simply by being alive. Later adapted for television as The Last Kingdom.
The Hammer and the Cross series by Harry Harrison et al.
In The Late Scholar, whose plot takes place in 20th Century Oxford University, there is a central role to a manuscript attributed to King Alfred, and the characters frequently discuss him.

On stage, there is the 18th Century opera Alfred, now mainly known as the origin for the song "Rule Britannia".

Cultural depictions of English and British monarchs

Kingdom of the English 886–1066	Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Ælfweard Athelstan the Glorious¹ Edmund the Magnificent¹ Eadred¹ Eadwig the Fair¹ Edgar the Peaceable¹ Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready Sweyn Forkbeard Edmund Ironside Cnut¹ Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Edward the Confessor Harold Godwinson Edgar the Ætheling

Kingdom of England 1066–1649	William I William II Henry I Stephen Matilda Henry II² Henry the Young King Richard I John² Henry III² Edward I² Edward II² Edward III² Richard II² Henry IV² Henry V² Henry VI² Edward IV² Edward V² Richard III² Henry VII² Henry VIII² Edward VI² Jane² Mary I² with Philip² Elizabeth I ² James I³ Charles I³

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–59	Oliver Cromwell⁴ Richard Cromwell⁴

Kingdom of England 1660–1707	Charles II³ James II³ William III and Mary II³ Anne³

Kingdom of Scotland 843–1707 (traditional)	Kenneth I MacAlpin Donald I Constantine I (II) Áed Giric Eochaid Donald II Constantine II (III) Malcolm I Indulf Dub Cuilén Amlaíb Kenneth II Constantine III (IV) Kenneth III Malcolm II Duncan I Macbeth Lulach Malcolm III Canmore Donald III Duncan II Donald III Edgar Alexander I David I Malcolm IV William I the Lion Alexander II Alexander III Margaret John Robert I David II Robert II Robert III James I James II James III James IV James V Mary I James VI ⁵ Charles I⁵ Charles II⁵ James VII⁵ Mary II⁵ William II⁵ Anne⁵

British monarchs after the Acts of Union 1707	Anne George I George II George III George IV William IV Victoria Edward VII George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II

¹Overlord of Britain. ²Also ruler of Ireland. ³Also ruler of Scotland. ⁴Lord Protector. ⁵Also ruler of England. Debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.

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