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==Cultural depictions== In the 1972 [[BBC]] serial ''[[The Shadow of the Tower]]'' Simnel was portrayed by [[Gary Warren (actor)|Gary Warren]]. In 1996 [[Blyth Power]]'s album ''Out From Under the King'' included a song, ''Lambert Simnel''. In 2006 [[Steeleye Span]]'s album ''[[Bloody Men]]'' included a song, ''The Story of the Scullion King'', about Simnel. In 2013, a sketch parodying ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are]]'' in season 5, episode 7 of ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'', depicted Simnel's claim to the throne. In the 2017 [[Starz]] miniseries ''[[The White Princess (miniseries)|The White Princess]]'', Simnel is portrayed by Max True.<ref>{{cite web|title=The White Princess|url=https://screammanagement.com/max-true-starz-in-the-white-princess/|website=Scream Management|access-date=27 June 2017|archive-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103125606/http://screammanagement.com/max-true-starz-in-the-white-princess/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2017 children's book ''The Player King'', by [[Avi (author)|Avi]], offers a fictionalized first-person account of the key period of Simnel's life.<ref>Avi, ''The Player King'', Atheneum Books, 2017, {{ISBN|978-1481437684}}</ref> The 2025 historical fiction novel ''The Pretender'' by Jo Harkin fictionalizes the childhood and young adulthood of Simnel.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harkin |first=Jo |title=The pretender |date=2025 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |isbn=978-0-593-80330-1 |edition=First |location=New York}}</ref>
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