num_pages: 126
description: Henry VIII is a history play generally believed to be a collaboration between William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All is True, is recorded in contemporary documents, the title Henry VIII 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 (and the beams), burning the original building to the ground
language: English
title: Henry VIII
titlecomplete: Henry VIII
characters: Thomas Lovell, Dr. William Butts, Anne Boleyn, Old Lady (Attendant to Anne Boleyn), Thomas Cromwell, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Lorenzo Campeggio, Patience (Lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon), Catherine of Aragon, Stephen Gardiner, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey, Nicholas Hopkins, Elizabeth I of England, Henry Guildford, Griffith, attendant to Katherine of Aragon, John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Eustace Chapuys, Charles Knevet, John de la Court, William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, William Warham, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII of England, Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Anthony Denny, Stephen Peacock, Lord Mayor of London, Gilbert Park, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Sir Henry Marney
genres: 17th Century, Historical Fiction, Theatre, Historical, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 9038
publisher: Penguin Classics