num_pages: 296
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: Henry VIII
titlecomplete: Henry VIII
characters: Griffith, attendant to Katherine of Aragon, John de la Court, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln, Catherine of Aragon, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, William Warham, Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden, Thomas Wolsey, William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, Henry VIII of England, Eustace Chapuys, Old Lady (Attendant to Anne Boleyn), Anthony Denny, George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, Sir Henry Marney, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, Patience (Lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon), Elizabeth I of England, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Nicholas Hopkins, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Thomas Lovell, Dr. William Butts, Anne Boleyn, Gilbert Park, Stephen Peacock, Lord Mayor of London, Lorenzo Campeggio, Charles Knevet, Thomas More, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 2nd Earl of Surrey, Stephen Gardiner, Henry Guildford
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Historical, Plays, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, 17th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 9038
publisher: Simon & Schuster