Cultural depictions of Charles II of England

Charles II of England has been portrayed many times in popular culture.

Literature

Charles appears as Arethusius in Sir Percy Herbert's lengthy novel The Princess Cloria (1653–61), which fictionalizes his early life up to the coronation in 1660. Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, a sister of Charles II, was depicted as "Cloria".
Charles is a character in the novel The Children of the New Forest (1847) by Frederick Marryat.
Charles appears in The Black Pearl (1982), Volume 5 of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. This volume covers the Restoration period and Charles has family links to the fictional Morland family.
The young Charles is a character in Traitor's Field by Robert Wilton (2013), following him from the aftermath of the Battle of Worcester in 1651 to his flight into exile on the continent.
Charles appears as a central character in two plays - George Bernard Shaw's In Good King Charles's Golden Days (1939) and Jessica Swale's Nell Gwynn (played in the premiere production in 2015 by David Sturzaker).

Film

Charles has been portrayed on screen by:

Augustus Neville in the silent film Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1911), based on the earlier play by Paul Kester
P.G. Ebbutt in the silent films King Charles (1913) and Old St. Paul's (1914), based on novels by Harrison Ainsworth
Owen Moore in the silent film Mistress Nell (1915)
Harry Southard in the silent film The Adventurer (1920)
William Luff in the silent film The Glorious Adventure (1922)
Lewis Gilbert in the silent film Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923)
Dwight Wiman in the silent film Peter Stuyvesant (1924)
Randle Ayrton in the silent film Nell Gwynne (1926), based on a novel by Joseph Shearing
Cedric Hardwicke in Nell Gwyn (1934)
Allan Jeayes in Colonel Blood (1934), telling the story of Thomas Blood
Vincent Price in Hudson's Bay (1941)
Dennis Arundell in Penn of Pennsylvania (1942), telling the story of William Penn
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in The Exile (1947), based on a novel by Cosmo Hamilton
George Sanders in Forever Amber (1947), based on the novel by Kathleen Winsor, and The King's Thief (1955)
Anthony Hulme in the comedy Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Curt Bois in Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950), based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini
Lester Matthews in Lorna Doone, based on the novel by R. D. Blackmore
Gabriele Antonini in the Italian film D'Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri (1963), about the Three Musketeers
Peter Jones in the comedy Father Came Too! (1963)
Mark Burns in The Wicked Lady (1983)
Simon Callow in England, My England (1995), the story of the composer Henry Purcell
Sam Neill in Restoration (1995)
Rupert Everett in Stage Beauty (2004)
John Malkovich in The Libertine (2004), based on the play by Stephen Jeffreys

Television

On television, Charles has been portrayed by:

Barry K. Barnes in the BBC TV drama Thank You, Mr. Pepys (1938)
David Cargill in the BBC TV drama series The Children of the New Forest (1964)
James Villiers in the BBC TV series The First Churchills (1969)
Simon Treves in the BBC TV drama series By the Sword Divided (1983)
Michael York in the British TV drama The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
Michael Maloney in the BBC TV drama series Children of the New Forest (1998)
Rufus Sewell in the BBC TV miniseries Charles II: The Power & the Passion (2003)
Nathaniel Parker in the BBC drama The Private Life of Samuel Pepys (2003)
Julian Wadham in the BBC drama documentary Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (2004)
Michael Boisvert in the American TV series Young Blades (2005)
Richard Druitt in the British TV drama documentary True Caribbean Pirates (2006)
Mathew Baynton in the British TV comedy series Horrible Histories" (2009–present)
Jeremy Northam in the British Channel 4 drama series ""New Worlds"" (2014)
Jack Huston in the ITV four part episodes The Great Fire (2014)

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 1653–1659	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.

References

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