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[[File:Victoria Disraeli cartoon.jpg|thumb|Victoria in a ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' cartoon, 1876]]
[[Queen Victoria]] has been portrayed or referenced many times.

==Literature==
In 1937 [[Lord Chamberlain]] the [[Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer|Earl of Cromer]] ruled that no British sovereign may be portrayed on the British stage until 100 years after his or her accession. For this reason, [[Laurence Housman]]'s play ''[[Victoria Regina (play)|Victoria Regina]]'' (1935), which had earlier appeared at the [[Gate Theatre Studio]] in London with [[Pamela Stanley]] in the title role, could not have its British premiere until the centenary of Queen Victoria's accession, 20 June 1937. This was a Sunday, so the new premiere took place the next day, at the [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]]. Pamela Stanley reprised the title role at Housman's request, and [[Carl Esmond]] played [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]].<ref>''All the Best People ...: The Pick of Peterborough 1929–1945'', George Allen & Unwin, 1981; p. 139</ref> The play later appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], where [[Helen Hayes]] portrayed the Queen, with [[Vincent Price]] in the role of Prince Albert.

[[Vaughan Wilkins|Vaughan Wilkins']] novel ''And So-Victoria'' (1937) focuses on Victoria's life.<ref>[[Stanley Kunitz]] and H. W. Wilson ''Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. Supplement, Volume 1''. New York, 1955. (p. 1083)</ref>

Queen Victoria appears in [[Alan Moore]] and [[Eddie Campbell]]'s [[graphic novel]] ''[[From Hell]]'', where she is depicted as instigating the [[Whitechapel murders]].

A ''[[Royal Diaries]]'' book was written, documenting her childhood between 1829 and 1830: ''Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia'' by Anna Kirwan.

The Victorian age is experienced through the eyes of the fictional Morland family in ''The Abyss'', ''The Hidden Shore'', ''The Winter Journey'', ''The Outcast'', ''The Mirage'', ''The Cause'', ''The Homecoming'' and ''The Question'', Volumes 18–25 respectively of ''[[The Morland Dynasty]]'', a series of historical novels by author [[Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]]. One of the characters becomes Victoria's devoted lady-in-waiting.

[[Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]] also wrote ''I Victoria'', a fictional autobiography of Queen Victoria.

There is a [[Sanskrit]] poem named ''Cakravarttini gunamanimala'', written by [[T. Ganapati Sastri]] on Queen Victoria.<ref name="raja">The contribution of Kerala to Sanskrit Literature; K.Kunjunni Raja; University of Madras 1980; page 257</ref>

Another Sanskrit poem, titled ''Victoria Carita Sangraha'', was written by scholar Keralavarman on the occasion of the [[Golden Jubilee]] of the coronation of Queen Victoria.<ref name="raja2">The contribution of Kerala to Sanskrit Literature; K.Kunjunni Raja; University of Madras 1980; p. 255</ref>

Although she did not live to see the Victorian age, [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]] (L. E. L.) wrote a number of poetic tributes to the young princess and queen. These are:
((wikisource|Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832/The Princess Victoria|The Princess Victoria,<br />by L. E. L. 1832))
* Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832. 'The Princess Victoria', to accompany a plate drawn by Anthony Stewart and engraved by T. Woolnoth. (This plate is in some editions, entitled 'The Princess Alexandrina-Victoria')<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=8MpcAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PP8|section=picture|year=1831|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.))((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=8MpcAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PP15|section=poetical illustration|year=1831|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.))</ref>
* Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837. 'The Princess Victoria', to accompany a plate engraved by J. Cochran after Sir Geo. Hayter's painting.<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=39BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA54|section=poetical illustration|year=1836|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.))((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=39BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA56|section=picture|year=1836|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.))</ref>
((wikisource|Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837/The Princess Victoria|The Princess Victoria,<br />by L. E. L. 1837))
* ((ws|[[s:A Birthday Tribute. Addressed to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, On Attaining Her Eighteenth Year|'A Birthday Tribute. Addressed to H. R. H. the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, on Attaining Her Eighteenth Year.']])), 1837.<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Complete Works of L. E. Landon|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4sguAQAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.RA2-PA258|section=page 258-261|year=1857|publisher=Phillips, Sampson & Co.))</ref>
* Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838. 'To the Queen'. Frontispiece.<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=49BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA2|section=poem|year=1837|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.))</ref>
((wikisource|Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838/|To the Queen,<br />by L. E. L. 1838))
* Flowers of Loveliness, 1838. ((ws|[[s:Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) from Flowers of Loveliness, 1838/To Victoria|'To Victoria']])).<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Flowers of Loveliness, 1838|url=https://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=chadwyck_ep/uvaGenText/tei/chep_3.0791.xml;chunk.id=d16;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d3;brand=default|section=to Victoria|year=1837|publisher=University of Virginia Library))</ref>
* Schloss's Bijou Almanack, 1838. ((ws|[[s:Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The English Bijou Almanacks, 1836-1839/Queen Victoria|'Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria']])).<ref> ((cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, 1838|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=074tP5iNajQC&pg=GBS.PA422|section=review|year=1838|publisher=J. Limbird, Strand))</ref>

==Film==
On screen, Victoria has been portrayed by:
*[[Rose Tapley]] in the silent short ''[[The Victoria Cross]]'' (1912)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b9d5e7c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002011705/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b9d5e7c|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2016|title=The Victoria Cross (1912)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=September 22, 2016))</ref>
*[[Louie Henri]] in the silent film ''[[Sixty Years a Queen]]'' (1913)
*Mrs. Henry Lytton in the silent film ''[[Disraeli (1916 film)|Disraeli]]'' (1916)
*[[Blanche Graham]] in the silent film ''[[Livingstone (film)|Livingstone]]'' (1925), the story of [[David Livingstone]]
*[[Julia Faye]] in the silent film ''[[The Yankee Clipper (1927 film)|The Yankee Clipper]]'' (1927)
*[[Marion Drada]] in the silent film ''[[Balaclava (film)|Balaclava]]'' (1928)
*[[Margaret Mann]] in ''[[Disraeli (1929 film)|Disraeli]]'' (1929)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8e5669|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002011642/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a8e5669|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2016|title=Disraeli (1929)|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=September 22, 2016))</ref>
*[[Madeleine Ozeray]] in the German French-language [[Musical film|musical]] ''[[Court Waltzes]]'' (1933)
*[[Hanna Waag]] in the German film ''[[Waltz War]]'' (1933)
*[[Pamela Stanley]] in ''[[David Livingstone (film)|David Livingstone]]'' (1936) and ''[[Marigold (1938 film)|Marigold]]'' (1938), based on the play by [[Charles Garvice]], [[Lizzie Allen Harker|Allen Harker]] and [[Francis R. Pryor|F. Prior]]
*[[Fay Holden]] in ''[[The White Angel (1936 film)|The White Angel]]'' (1936), the story of [[Florence Nightingale]]
*[[Jenny Jugo]] in the German romantic comedy ''[[Victoria in Dover (1936 film)|Victoria in Dover]] (1936)
*[[Yvette Pienne]] in the French comedy ''[[The Pearls of the Crown]]'' (1937)
*[[Viva Tattersall]] in ''[[Souls at Sea]]'' (1937)
*[[Anna Neagle]] in the biopics ''[[Victoria the Great]]'' (1937) and ''[[Sixty Glorious Years]]'' (1938)
*[[Beryl Mercer]] in ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939), based on the novel by [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]], and ''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939)
*[[Fay Compton]] in ''[[The Prime Minister (film)|The Prime Minister]]'' (1941), about [[Benjamin Disraeli]], and ''[[Journey to Midnight]]'' (1968)
*[[Evelyn Beresford]] in ''[[Buffalo Bill (1944 film)|Buffalo Bill]]'' (1944) and the musical ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950)
*[[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1949 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1949), in which she also played the [[Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Queen of Hearts]]
*[[Irene Dunne]] in ''[[The Mudlark]]'' (1950), based on the novel by Theodore Bonnet
*[[Helena Pickard]] in ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' (1951), based on the play by [[Reginald Berkeley]] about Florence Nightingale
*[[Muriel Aked]] in ''[[The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan]]'' (1953)
*[[Sybil Thorndike]] in ''[[Melba (film)|Melba]]'' (1953), the story of soprano [[Nellie Melba]]
*[[Romy Schneider]] in the [[West German]] biopic ''[[Victoria in Dover (1954 film)|Victoria in Dover]]'' (1954), remake of the 1936 film, which features a highly fictionalised story about Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne and marriage to Prince Albert
*[[Avis Bunnage]] in the comedy ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' (1966)
*[[Barbara Carroll]] in the Italian film ''[[Zorro in the Court of England|Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra]]'' (1969), in which [[Zorro]] visits the British Court
*[[Mollie Maureen]] in ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1970)
*[[Peter Sellers]] in ''[[The Great McGonagall (film)|The Great McGonagall]]'' (1974), a comic biopic of [[William McGonagall]]
*[[Susan Field]] in the spoof ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]'' (1975)
*[[John Dalby]] in the animated musical fantasy ''[[Stories from a Flying Trunk]]'' (1979), adapted from [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s tale ''[[The Flying Trunk]]''
*Eve Brenner voices a mouse version of Victoria in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986), adapted from [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' series.
*[[Judi Dench]] in ''[[Mrs. Brown (film)|Mrs. Brown]]'' (1997), for which she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. Dench reprised the role in ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]'' (2017)
*[[Debra Beaumont]] in the Chinese film ''[[The Opium War (film)|The Opium War]]'' (1997)
*[[Liz Moscrop]] in ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' (2001), based on the [[From Hell|graphic novel]]
*[[Gemma Jones]] in ''[[Shanghai Knights]]'' (2003)((citation needed|date=September 2016))
*[[Tress MacNeille]] (voice) in the animated short ''[[Van Helsing: The London Assignment]]'' (2004)
*[[Kathy Bates]] in ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (2004), based on the novel by [[Jules Verne]]
*[[Zoe Street Howe]] in "[[Florence Nightingale]]" (2008)
*[[Emily Blunt]] in ''[[The Young Victoria]]'' (2009), with [[Michaela Brooks]] playing Victoria as a girl<ref>((Cite web|url=http://collider.com/emily-blunt-interview-the-young-victoria/|title=Emily Blunt Interview THE YOUNG VICTORIA|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date= December 16, 2009|access-date=August 24, 2016))</ref>
*[[Imelda Staunton]] voices Victoria as the primary antagonist in ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (film)|The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists]]'' (2012)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/exclusive-new-pirates-trailer/|title=Exclusive! New Pirates! Trailer|publisher=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|date=October 25, 2011|access-date=August 24, 2016))</ref>
* [[Judi Dench]] in ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]'' (2017).
* [[Gayle Rankin]] in ''[[The Greatest Showman]]'' (2017)
* [[Amanda Root]] in ''[[The Black Prince (film)|The Black Prince]]'' (2017).
* [[Pam Ferris]] in ''[[Holmes & Watson]]'' (2018).
* [[Jessie Buckley]] in ''[[Dolittle (film)|Dolittle]]'' (2020).

She also makes appearances in ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (in which a newspaper detailing [[Phileas Fogg]]'s progress is taken to the Queen, and what is presumably the royal hand is seen eagerly taking it up), in the 2004 anime movie ''[[Steamboy]]'', inaugurating [[The Great Exhibition]], and in the 2013 ''[[Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie]]''. The 1941 [[Nazism|Nazi]] film ''[[Ohm Krüger]]'' notoriously portrays her as a whisky-soaked drunk.<ref>((cite book|title=Film in the Third Reich|first=David Stewart|last=Hull|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|location=New York|year=1973|orig-year=1969|isbn=978-0-671-21486-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/film3rdreichp00davi))</ref> Her daughter-in-law, the [[Alexandra of Denmark|Princess of Wales]], reads a letter from Victoria to London Hospital governors, showing her concern for [[Joseph Merrick|John Merrick]], in the 1980 film ''[[The Elephant Man (film)|The Elephant Man]]''.

==Television==
On television, Victoria has been portrayed by:
*[[Helen Hayes]] in ''Victoria Regina'' (1951), an episode of the American series ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' based on the play by Housman
*[[Renée Asherson]] in the [[BBC]] drama series ''[[Happy and Glorious (TV series)|Happy and Glorious]]'' (1952)
*[[Judi Meredith]] in ''The Consort'' (1957), an episode of the American series ''[[Telephone Time]]''
*[[Julie Harris (actress)|Julie Harris]] in the American drama ''[[Victoria Regina (film)|Victoria Regina]]'' (1961), based on Housman's play, for which Harris won an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Emmy award]]
*[[Kate Reid]] in the American drama ''The Invincible Mr. Disraeli'' (1963)
*[[Patricia Routledge]] in the [[Granada Television]] series ''Victoria Regina'' (1964), also based on Housman's play
*[[Gladys Spencer]] in the BBC ''[[Play of the Month]]'', ''Gordon of Khartoum'' (1966)
*[[Jane Connell]] in an episode of the American sitcom ''[[Bewitched]]'' titled "Aunt Clara's Victoria Victory" (1967)
*[[Christine Ozanne]] in an episode of the [[Yorkshire Television]] drama series ''[[The Flaxton Boys]]'' titled "1854: The Dog" (1969)
*[[Mollie Maureen]] in the BBC drama series ''[[The Edwardians (miniseries)|The Edwardians]]'' (1972)
*[[Perlita Neilson]] and (as an old woman) Mavis Edwards in the BBC drama series ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974)
*[[Terry Jones]] in an episode of the BBC comedy series ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' titled "Sex and Violence" (1969)
*[[Michael Palin]] in an episode of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' titled "Michael Ellis" (1974)
*[[Annette Crosbie]] in the [[Associated TeleVision|ATV]] drama series ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975)
*[[Shirley Steedman]] in the British series ''[[East Lynne]]'' (1976), based on the novel by [[Mrs Henry Wood]]
*[[Rosemary Leach]] in the ATV drama series ''[[Benjamin Disraeli|Disraeli]]'' (1978)
*[[Sheila Reid]] in the [[LWT]] drama series ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]]'' (1978), telling the story of [[Lillie Langtry]]
*((Interlanguage link multi|Jacquelyn Hyde|fr)) in the American comedy drama ''The Wild Wild West Revisited'' (1979)
*[[Jessica Spencer]] in an episode of the [[Granada Television]] drama series ''[[Cribb]]'' titled "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1981)
*[[Marina McConnell]] in the Granada drama series ''[[Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House]]'' (1982)
*[[Lurene Tuttle]] in an episode of the American time travel series ''[[Voyagers!]]'' titled "Buffalo Bill & Annie Oakley Play the Palace" (1983)
*[[Zena Walker]] in the episode of the Yorkshire Television drama series ''Number 10'' titled "Dizzy" (1983)
*[[Siobhan Redmond]] in ITV series ''[[Alfresco (TV series)|Alfresco]]'' episode #1.2 (1983)
*[[Bronwen Mantel]] in the drama ''[[Barnum (musical)|Barnum]]'' (1986)
*[[Erica Rogers]] in the miniseries ''[[Shaka Zulu (TV series)|Shaka Zulu]]'' (1986), based on the novel by [[Joshua Sinclair]]
*[[Miriam Margolyes]] in the BBC comedy ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'' (1988) and later reprised in ''[[The Windsors]]'' on Channel 4
*[[Anna Massey]] in the miniseries ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (TV miniseries)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1989)
*Honora Burke in the British drama ''[[Hands of a Murderer]]'' (1990)
*[[Margaret Heale]] in the BBC drama series ''Rhodes'' (1996)
*((Interlanguage link multi|Rhoda Lewis|cy)) and (as an old woman) [[Avril Angers]] in the Granada miniseries ''[[Victoria & Albert (TV serial)|Victoria and Albert]]'' (1997)
*Wendy Worthington in an episode of the [[Paramount Television|Paramount]] sitcom ''[[The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer]]'' titled "Saving Mr. Lincoln" (1998)
*[[Patti Allen]] in the series ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]'' (2000)
*[[Victoria Hamilton]] in the miniseries ''Victoria & Albert'' (2001), in which [[Joyce Redman]] played her as an old woman
*[[Prunella Scales]] in the BBC drama ''[[Station Jim]]'' (2001) and in the BBC drama documentary ''[[Looking for Victoria]]'' (2003), in which [[Charlie Hayes (actor)|Charlie Hayes]] played the young Victoria
*[[Janine Duvitski]] in the BBC drama ''[[The Young Visiters]]'' (2003)
*[[Doreen Mantle]] in the BBC drama series ''Shadow Play'' (2004)
*[[Tessa Pointing]] in the British drama documentary ''The First Black Britons'' (2005)
*[[Pauline Collins]] in the episode of the BBC series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' titled "[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]" (2006)
*[[Robert Webb]] in a comedy sketch on the show ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'' (2006)
*[[Sarah Hadland]] (2009, 2015), [[Martha Howe-Douglas]] (2010-2013), [[Ellie White]] (2017-2018) and [[Jessica Ransom]] (2019-) in the British children's sketch show ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' (2009——)
*[[Jenna Coleman]] in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[Victoria (British TV series)|Victoria]]'' (2016-2019)

''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' portrays Queen Victoria as a slapstick prankster and includes a sketch in which she says "We are not amused" in German accented English. Another Monty Python sketch contains a footrace in which all the contestants are dressed as Queen Victoria.

In a series of sketches portraying the [[Phantom Raspberry Blower]], the ''[[Two Ronnies]]'' dress an entire squad of policemen as Queen Victoria to act as body doubles for protection from the PRB.

In the 2006 series of ''Doctor Who'', Queen Victoria appears in the episode "[[Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)|Tooth and Claw]]", where she is played by [[Pauline Collins]]. In the episode, set in 1879, she is threatened by a [[werewolf]] that wants to infect her and take control of her empire. It is suggested that a scratch from the werewolf is the source of haemophilia in many of her descendants. [[Rose Tyler]] makes a bet with the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]] for £10 that she can get the Queen to say "We are not amused". At the episode's conclusion, she founds the [[Torchwood Institute]], an integral feature of the spin-off series ''[[Torchwood]]'', with various (fictional) speeches and proclamations by her available on the [http://torchwood.org.uk Torchwood Institute website]. An image of Collins as Victoria was later displayed prominently in the 2017 episode "[[Empress of Mars]]", set during the later years of Victoria's reign (coincidentally, the episode guest-starred [[Ferdinand Kingsley]], who at the time was co-starring with [[Jenna Coleman]] in the [[Victoria (UK TV series)|ITV series based on Victoria's life]]). In 2008, the Doctor's former companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]], notes Her Majesty's awareness of aliens in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' episode, "[[Enemy of the Bane]]", to which her young apprentice [[Rani Chandra]] responds, "I'll bet she wasn't amused."

The BBC series ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', set in [[World War I]], alludes humorously to Queen Victoria's heritage. [[Captain Blackadder]] interrogates Captain [[Kevin Darling]] whom he suspects to be a German spy. Captain Darling claims that he is "as British as Queen Victoria", to which Captain Blackadder replies: "So your father's German, you're half German and you married a German?"

==Statues==
((main|List of statues of Queen Victoria))
[[File:Victoria statue Kensington.jpg|thumb|right|[[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]]'s [[statue of Queen Victoria, Kensington Palace|statue of Queen Victoria]] at [[Kensington Palace]]]]
[[File:Queen-Victoria-Statue-Outside-QV-Building.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Queen Victoria in front of the [[Queen Victoria Building]] in Sydney, Australia]]
[[File:Queen Victoria Ballarat.JPG|thumb|right|Queen Victoria Square and statue Sturt Street, Ballarat]]
[[File:Queen Victoria Statue.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Statue of Victoria by [[Louis-Philippe Hébert]] on [[Parliament Hill]]. [[Ottawa]], Canada.]]
One of [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]]'s works as a sculptor is her [[statue of Queen Victoria, Kensington Palace|marble statue of her mother]] at Kensington Palace, and a bronze version erected in front of the Royal Victoria College, [[McGill University]] in Montreal.<ref>((cite book |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry James |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada |location=Toronto |publisher=Williams Briggs |date=1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft |page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/1 1]))</ref>

The prominent [[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial]] stands in [[Kolkata]] (Calcutta), and in [[Bangalore]] the [[Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore|statue of the Queen]] stands at the beginning of MG Road, one of the city's major roads.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug212008/metrothurs2008082085629.asp|title=Striving for musical freedom|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=14 September 2008)) ((Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot))</ref> In the town of [[Cape Coast]], [[Ghana]], a bust of the Queen presides, rather forlornly, over a small park where goats graze around her.<ref>Marshall, Dorothy. ''The Life and Times of Queen Victoria''. George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, 1972.</ref> In [[Wellington]], the capital of [[New Zealand]], a statue toward the harbour from the centre of Kent and Cambridge Terraces. There is also a Queen Victoria Statue in the heart of [[Valletta]], [[Malta]]'s capital.

[[Victoria Jubilee Town Hall]] in [[Trivandrum]] is still one of city's most sought after theatres for live entertainment and is considered a prestigious landmark by both locals and tourists alike.

In [[Hong Kong]], a [[Statue of Queen Victoria (Hong Kong)|statue of Queen Victoria]] is located on the east side of [[Victoria Park, Hong Kong|Victoria Park]] in [[Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong Island]]. The statue once sat in [[Statue Square]] in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] but was removed and sent to Tokyo to be destroyed at the time of [[Japan]]ese occupation of the territory, during [[World War II]]. With [[Japan]]'s defeat and subsequent retreat in 1945, The United Kingdom recovered Hong Kong, and the statue was retrieved and placed in the park.

In [[Pietermaritzburg]], capital of the [[South Africa]]n province of [[KwaZulu Natal]], formerly the British colony of Natal before formation of the Union of South Africa, there is a statue of Victoria in front of the provincial legislature building, the former parliament building of the colony of Natal. There is also a statue of Queen Victoria in front of the [[South African Parliament]].

Most of the large cities in [[Australia]] that prospered during the Victorian era feature prominent statues of Queen Victoria. [[Sydney]], the capital city of [[New South Wales]] has several. There is one statue (re-sited from the forecourt of the Irish Parliament building in [[Dublin]]) dominating the southern entrance to the [[Queen Victoria Building, Sydney|Queen Victoria Building]] that was named in her honour in 1898. Another Sydney statue of Queen Victoria stands in the forecourt of the Federal Court of Australia building on Macquarie Street, looking across the road to a statue of her husband, inscribed "Albert the Good". In [[Melbourne]], the capital of Victoria, the [[Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne|Queen Victoria Gardens]] named after her also features a large memorial statue in marble and granite. In [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], capital city of [[Western Australia]] a marble statue stands in [[Kings Park, Western Australia|King's Park]] overlooking the city. In [[Adelaide]], capital city of the state of [[South Australia]], the Queen Victoria Square, named after her also has a large statue of her.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/adelaide/statues/statues.htm|title=Adelaide – Statues and Memorials|access-date=14 September 2008|publisher=State Library South Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001224411/http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/adelaide/statues/statues.htm|archive-date=1 October 2008))</ref> In [[Brisbane]], capital city of the state of Queensland, there is a statue of her in Queens Square, also named for her;.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24048837-16947,00.html|title=Valour of the visionary|access-date=14 September 2008|date=21 July 2008|work=The Australian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205735/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24048837-16947,00.html|archive-date=7 September 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all))</ref> [[Ballarat]], a [[boomtown]] in Victoria has a statue of Queen Victoria in the main street directly opposite its town hall. A small bust of the Queen is in the Queen Victoria Gardens in [[Burnt Pine]], the largest town in the Australian territory of [[Norfolk Island]].

Statues erected to Victoria are common in [[Canada]], where her reign included the original [[Confederation of Canada|confederation of the country]] and the addition of three more provinces and two territories. A bas-relief image of Victoria is on the wall of the entrance to the [[Parliament Hill|Canadian Parliament]], and her statue is in the Parliamentary library as well as on the grounds.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/article/425461|title=Sun never sets on Queen Victoria statues|access-date=14 September 2008|work=The Toronto Star|date=17 May 2008 | first=Bill | last=Taylor))</ref>

==Musical theatre==

In 1972 [[Charles Strouse]] wrote a musical, ''[[I and Albert]]'',<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.charlesstrouse.com/shows.php|title=Charles Strouse – Broadway composer of Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Golden Boy, and Rags|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=14 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014222326/http://www.charlesstrouse.com/shows.php|url-status=dead))</ref> which was presented in the [[West End theatre|West End]] at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on 6 November 1972. The musical was not a success and did not transfer as planned to Broadway. It remains notable chiefly as [[Sarah Brightman]]'s stage debut.

==Other==
English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[The Kinks]] honour Queen Victoria and her empire in their 1969 song "[[Victoria (The Kinks song)|Victoria]]". The song has since been covered by English rock band [[The Kooks]], English [[post-punk]] band [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]], American [[alternative rock]] band [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]], and American rock band [[Sonic Youth]]. Both The Kinks' and The Fall's versions were UK Top 40 hits.

Canadian singer [[Leonard Cohen]] refers to her in a mostly non-factual way in his 1964 poem "Queen Victoria and Me", and again in the 1972 song "Queen Victoria" (based on the poem). The song was later covered by Welsh musician [[John Cale]].

In 2006, the Comics Sherpa online comic service started carrying a comic strip titled ''[[New Adventures of Queen Victoria|The New Adventures of Queen Victoria]]'' using cut-out photographs and portraits of the Queen and others.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature-extra?uc_comic=csckt|title=More about The New Adventures of Queen Victoria|publisher=[[GoComics]]|access-date=August 24, 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924050454/http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature-extra?uc_comic=csckt|url-status=dead))</ref>

In the Japanese [[anime]] and [[manga]] series ''[[Kuroshitsuji]]'' (''Black Butler''), she appears as [[List of Black Butler characters#Ciel Phantomhive|Ciel Phantomhive]]'s primary boss.

[[Victorian Age|Queen Victoria's reign]] features in the 2003 [[Paradox Interactive]] [[Grand strategy wargame|grand strategy]] game, ''[[Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun]]''. In this game a player guides a country through [[colonisation]], the [[Industrial Revolution]], warfare and various historic events.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/victoria-an-empire-under-the-sun-review/1900-6085089/|title=Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun Review|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=December 4, 2003|access-date=August 24, 2016))</ref>

She makes an appearance in the 2015 [[Action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[video game]] ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' developed by [[Ubisoft Quebec]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.primagames.com/games/assassins-creed-syndicate/walkthrough/assassins-creed-syndicate-london-stories-queen-victoria-memories|title=Assassin's Creed Syndicate London Stories - Queen Victoria Memories|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=October 30, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2016))</ref>

Queen Victoria leads the English civilization in the 2016 [[4X]] video game ''[[Civilization VI]]'' developed by [[Firaxis Games]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://civilization.com/news/entries/en-civilization-vi-victoria-leads-englan|title=Civilization VI: Victoria Leads England|publisher=Official [[Civilization (series)|Civilization]] Website|date=June 28, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2016))</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/civ-vi-england-preview/|title=Queen Victoria will make England great again in 'Civilization VI'|publisher=[[Digital Trends]]|date=June 28, 2016|access-date=August 24, 2016))</ref>

Queen Victoria is revealed to be watching the climactic trial in the video game ''[[The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve]]'', and uses her authority to strip the main villain of his position as chief justice. Rather than appearing in person, another character reads her proclamation to the court.

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