Henry VIII. Henry VIII is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of King Henry VIII of England.
An alternative title, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title not appearing until the play's publication in the First Folio of 1623. Stylistic evidence indicates that individual scenes were written by either Shakespeare or his collaborator and successor, John Fletcher.
It is also somewhat characteristic of the late romances in its structure. It is noted for having more stage directions than any of Shakespeare's other plays.
During a performance of Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre in 1613, a cannon shot employed for special effects ignited the theatre's thatched roof, burning the original Globe building to the ground. At Elizabeth's christening Infant Princess Elizabeth.
Marchioness Dorset-Elizabeth's godmother. Duchess of Norfolk-Elizabeth's godmother. The play opens with a Prologue, who stresses that the audience will see a serious play, and appeals to the audience members: The first and happiest hearers of the town, to Be sad, as we would make ye. Act I opens with a conversation between the Dukes of Norfolk and Buckingham and Lord Abergavenny. Their speeches express their mutual resentment over the ruthless power and overweening pride of Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey passes over the stage with his attendants, and expresses his own ho
An alternative title, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title not appearing until the play's publication in the First Folio of 1623. Stylistic evidence indicates that individual scenes were written by either Shakespeare or his collaborator and successor, John Fletcher.
It is also somewhat characteristic of the late romances in its structure. It is noted for having more stage directions than any of Shakespeare's other plays.
During a performance of Henry VIII at the Globe Theatre in 1613, a cannon shot employed for special effects ignited the theatre's thatched roof, burning the original Globe building to the ground. At Elizabeth's christening Infant Princess Elizabeth.
Marchioness Dorset-Elizabeth's godmother. Duchess of Norfolk-Elizabeth's godmother. The play opens with a Prologue, who stresses that the audience will see a serious play, and appeals to the audience members: The first and happiest hearers of the town, to Be sad, as we would make ye. Act I opens with a conversation between the Dukes of Norfolk and Buckingham and Lord Abergavenny. Their speeches express their mutual resentment over the ruthless power and overweening pride of Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey passes over the stage with his attendants, and expresses his own ho
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