num_pages: 3
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.Fully dramatized by a full cast. Runtime: 2. 80 hours, 3 audio CDs
language: English
title: Henry VIII
titlecomplete: Henry VIII (Arkangel Shakespeare)
characters: Elizabeth I of England, William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, Thomas Lovell, Anthony Denny, George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Wolsey, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Thomas Cromwell, Catherine of Aragon, Dr. William Butts, Thomas More, Lorenzo Campeggio, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, William Warham, Gilbert Park, Eustace Chapuys, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey, Sir Henry Marney, Patience (Lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon), Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, John de la Court, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Henry Guildford, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Griffith, attendant to Katherine of Aragon, John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, Nicholas Hopkins, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn, Old Lady (Attendant to Anne Boleyn), Stephen Gardiner, Charles Knevet, Henry VIII of England, Stephen Peacock, Lord Mayor of London
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Poetry, Drama, 17th Century, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 9038
publisher: BBC Audiobooks America