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==In fiction== * Prince Rupert is the protagonist of [[Poul Anderson]]'s [[alternative history]]/[[fantasy]] book ''[[A Midsummer Tempest]]'', where the Prince, with the help of various [[Shakespeare]]an characters who are actual persons in this timeline, eventually defeats Cromwell and wins the English Civil War. * Prince Rupert is the key character in the [[King Crimson]] song ''Lizard'' from their 1970 album of the same name. The 23-minute suite includes several sections, one named ''Prince Rupert Awakes'' and another ''The Battle of Glass Tears'' (an artistic reference to the battle of Naseby) in turn including a subsection called ''Prince Rupert's Lament''. * Prince Rupert appears in ''The Oak Apple'' and ''The Black Pearl'', volumes 4 and 5 of ''[[The Morland Dynasty]]'', a series of historical novels by author [[Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]]. He is assisted during the Civil War by the staunchly Royalist fictional Morland family, and is father to the illegitimate Annunciata Morland, with whom he has a complicated relationship. * Prince Rupert and his sister [[Elisabeth of the Palatinate|Elisabeth]] are minor characters in [[Eric Flint]]'s [[1632 series]] books ''Grantville Gazette IV'' and ''Grantville Gazette VI''. * Prince Rupert is the protagonist of [[Margaret Irwin (novelist)|Margaret Irwin]]'s novel ''The Stranger Prince'' and appears in her later novel ''The Bride''. Both novels deal with the Civil War period. * Prince Rupert is the subject of [[Noel Gerson|Samuel Edwards]]'s [[biographical novel]] ''The White Plume'', published by William Morrow and Company Ltd. in 1961, a [[semi-fiction]]al account of his life from his late teens until his marriage to Peg ([[Margaret Hughes]]). * [[Prince Rupert's Tower]] is the name given to a Georgian lock-up in the Everton area of Liverpool. Rupert stayed in the area during the siege of Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historyofliverpool.com/siege-liverpool/|title=Siege of Liverpool|website=History of Liverpool|access-date=12 February 2023|archive-date=12 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212092306/https://historyofliverpool.com/siege-liverpool/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Film and television=== * Rupert was portrayed by [[Nigel Bruce]] in the 1940 film ''[[Hudson's Bay (film)|Hudson's Bay]]''. * Rupert was portrayed by [[Timothy Dalton]] in the 1970 film ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''. * Rupert was portrayed by Christopher Baines in the 1983β85 TV series ''[[By the Sword Divided]]''. * [[Harry Lloyd]] played Rupert in the 2008 TV drama ''[[The Devil's Whore]]''. * Rupert was portrayed by Will Bowden in the 2015 Dutch film ''[[Michiel de Ruyter (film)|Michiel de Ruyter]]''.
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