A Bequest to the Nation

It also includes various other historical characters such as Thomas Hardy and William Nelson.

The title refers to Nelson leaving Emma and their child Horatia to the nation on his death.

The director was Peter Glenville, with Zoe Caldwell playing Emma and Ian Holm as Nelson.

[4] In 1973, a film version was produced, with Glenda Jackson as Lady Hamilton, Peter Finch as Nelson and Margaret Leighton as Frances.

[5] For the Trafalgar 200 commemorations in 2005, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a radio version on 16 October that year, with Janet McTeer as Emma, Kenneth Branagh as Nelson and Amanda Root as Frances.