Editing Eleanor of Aquitaine (section)

=== Drama, film, radio and television ===
[[File:Hep-lion.jpg|thumb|[[Katharine Hepburn]] as Queen Eleanor in ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'' (1968)]]

Elinor is a character in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Life and Death of King John]]''.{{sfn|Shakespeare|2008}} Una Venning played the role in the ''[[BBC Sunday Night Theatre|Sunday Night Theatre]]'' television version of this in 1952{{sfn|Brooke|2014a}} and [[Mary Morris]] in the [[BBC Shakespeare]] version (1984).{{sfn|Brooke|2014b}}

Eleanor has featured in a number of screen versions of the ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' and ''[[Robin Hood]]'' stories. She has been played by [[Martita Hunt]] in ''[[The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men]]'' (1952), [[Jill Esmond]] in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1955–1960), [[Phyllis Neilson-Terry]] in ''[[Ivanhoe (1958 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'' (1958), [[Yvonne Mitchell]] in ''[[The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Legend of Robin Hood]]'' (1975), [[Siân Phillips]] in ''[[Ivanhoe (1997 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'' (1997), Tusse Silberg in ''[[The New Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1997), [[Lynda Bellingham]] in ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' (2006) and most recently by [[Eileen Atkins]] in ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (2010).

Eleanor was played by [[Mary Clare]] in ''[[Becket (1923 film)|Becket]]'' (1923), and by [[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]] in the 1964 ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''. Henry II and Eleanor are the main characters in [[James Goldman]]'s 1966 play ''[[The Lion in Winter]]''{{efn|The play deals with the difficult relationship between the monarchs and the struggle of their three sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John for their father's favour and the succession. The role was created on Broadway by [[Rosemary Harris]].{{sfn|Playbill|1966}}}} and [[Katharine Hepburn]] played Eleanor in the 1968 film ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''.{{efn|Hepburn won the third of her four Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|best actress]] in 1969 for ''The Lion in Winter''.{{sfn|Oscars|1969}} She also won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] and was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]].{{sfn|IMDb|1969}} [[Peter O'Toole]] played Henry II in both this and Becket}} [[Glenn Close]] and [[Patrick Stewart]] played Eleanor and Henry in the [[The Lion in Winter (2003 film)|2003 version]].{{sfn|TV Guide|2024}}

Eleanor was played by [[Prudence Hyman]] in ''[[Richard the Lionheart (TV series)|Richard the Lionheart]]'' (1962), twice by [[Jane Lapotaire]] in ''[[The Devil's Crown]]'' (1978) and again in [[Mike Walker (radio dramatist)|Mike Walker]]'s [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[Plantagenet (radio plays)|Plantagenet]]'' (2010). In the 2014 film ''Richard the Lionheart: Rebellion'', Eleanor is played by [[Debbie Rochon]]. In the [[BBC Radio 4]] ''Eleanor Rising'' Rose Basista plays Eleanor and Joel MacCormack King Louis (2020–2022).{{sfn|BBC|2024}} These and other dramatic accounts have helped to perpetuate the Golden Myth image of Eleanor.{{sfn|Tolhurst|2020}}