‘The White Queen’ Series Preview: Cast, Plot, and Trailer

'The White Queen' TV Show Resources
Rebecca Ferguson and Max Irons in 'The White Queen' (Photo © 2013 Company Pictures)

Rebecca Ferguson and Max Irons star in Starz’s The White Queen, based on Philippa Collins’ historic novel. The new perido drama will premiere on August 10, 2013.

Max Irons stars as Edward IV, Rebecca Ferguson plays Elizabeth Woodville, James Frain is Lord Warwick, Janet McTeer is Jacquetta, Amanda Hale is Margaret Beaufort, and Faye Marsay is Anne Neville. Aneurin Bernard plays Richard, Duke of York; David Oakes is George, Duke of Clarence; Juliet Aubrey is Countess of Warwick; Eleanor Tomlinson is Isabel Neville; and Frances Tomelty is Lady Beauchamp.

The cast also includes Michael Maloney as Henry Stafford, Ben Lamb as Anthony Rivers, Hugh Mitchell as Richard Welles, Simon Ginty as John Rivers, Eve Ponsenby as Mary Woodville, and Robert Pugh as Baron Rivers.

The Synopsis: The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different yet equally relentless women – Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.

The year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled the country, and war has been ravaging throughout England over who is the rightful King. It is a bitter dispute between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster.

The House of York’s young and handsome Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator, Lord Warwick “The Kingmaker.” But when Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick’s plan to control the throne comes crashing down.

A violent, high-stakes struggle ensues between Elizabeth, her most fierce adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort, and Anne Neville, the pawn in her father’s power game – each woman vying for the crown.

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