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Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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Matheson Lang
Francis Drake
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Jane Baxter
Elizabeth Sydenham
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Athene Seyler
Queen Elizabeth
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Henry Mollison
John Doughty
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Donald Wolfit
Thomas Doughty
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Ben Webster
Lord Burghley
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George Merritt
Tom Moore
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Amy Veness
Mother Moore
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Sam Livesey
Sir George Sydenham
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Margaret Halstan
Lady Sydenham
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Charles Quatermaine
Parson Fletcher
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Allan Jeayes
Don Bernardino
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Gibb McLaughlin
Don Enriquez
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Helen Haye
Lady Lennox
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Moore Marriott
Bright
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Arthur Goullet
Minor role
L
Laurence Hanray
Minor role
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Torin Thatcher
