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.[1]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: King Henry the Eighth
titlecomplete: King Henry the Eighth
characters: Patience (Lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon), Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Elizabeth I of England, Anthony Denny, Henry VIII of England, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, Stephen Gardiner, Thomas Wolsey, Gilbert Park, William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, Anne Boleyn, William Warham, Thomas Cranmer, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Stephen Peacock, Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Catherine of Aragon, Eustace Chapuys, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Nicholas Hopkins, John de la Court, Charles Knevet, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Henry Guildford, Thomas More, George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Griffith, attendant to Katherine of Aragon, Sir Henry Marney, Dr. William Butts, Old Lady (Attendant to Anne Boleyn), Lorenzo Campeggio, Thomas Lovell, Thomas Cromwell
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Drama, Plays, 17th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 9038
publisher: IndyPublish