In Fiction
She appears in Tony Harrison's play Fram, played in the premiere by Sian Thomas. Here she is resurrected from the dead to play herself in one of Gilbert Murray's plays.
She appears in Nicholas de Jongh's play Plague Over England, played in the premiere by Nichola McAuliffe.
Her name is also used in Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, citing her as "a woman of noble mien."
In the film My Week with Marilyn, she is played by Judi Dench.
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