Julian Ovenden Quotes
It's quite an interesting time, the '20s, because the politics of England were changing quite a lot, and the class structure was starting to shift a little.
Ovenden, Julian. Interview by Pat Cerasaro. "InDepth InterView: Julian Ovenden Talks SMASH, DOWNTON ABBEY, New Album & More." BroadwayWorld, Wisdom Digital Media, 25 Oct. 2013.
See the King’s statement {603036} to Ramsay MacDonald, the Labor Prime Minister. At the time, royalty and left wing governments were strangers.
It was fairly common for Englishmen to never have been more than 50 miles from his place of birth. Transportation was slow and crude and expensive. At the same time, economic conditions were relatively good in England eliminating the necessity of migration for survival—unlike Scotland which had much more mobility. Although Toynbee observed the greater mobility of labor in the United States, at the time it was much less than it became with the construction of the National Highway System and the dominance of the automobile as a mode of transportation followed by low cost air transport.
Although born and educated in the United States, she lived mostly in England and was politically active there.
After the King’s appointment in 1921 she “advised” him on establishing this regime and operating the government. At a time that women could not even vote in England, Bell was a kingmaker and major power in an area of the world that was much more sexist than England at the time.
Paine was totally wrong on this count. It is true that monarchy and aristocracy were never the same as they had been, but the American and French Revolutions were catalysts for the monarchs and aristocrats to reform. In a Darwinian sense, monarchy and aristocracy evolved, and the early members would hardly recognize the modern aristocracy of Britain and other European countries that still have them and the Constitutional monarchs of today have almost evolved into a new specie.
To support the war effort, the most militant suffragettes ceased anti Government militancy. The suffragette movement was split by WWI and the issue of pacifism. See {621266} for the anti-war factional view.
Julian Mark Ovenden is an English actor and singer. He has starred on Broadway and West End stages, in television series in both the United Kingdom and United States, in films, and performed internationally as a concert and recording artist.
