Anna of Cleves

* Historical Figure
* Costume 1.0
* Costume 2.0
* Costume 3.0
* Costume 4.0
* Costume 4.1.0
* Costume 4.1.1
* Costume 4.2.0
* Costume 4.2 Leotard
* Costume 4.2.1
* Alternate Variation – Black V1
* Alternate Variation – Black V2
* Alternate Variation – Blue V1
* Alternate Variation – Blue V2
* Alternate Variation – Orange
* Alternate Variation – Silver
* Non-Replica Costume – Poland
* Non-Replica Costume – Hungary

**Anna of Cleves**, also referred to as **Anne of Cleves**, was Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his fourth wife and was succeeded by Katherine Howard. She is currently being played by Reca Oakley in the West End production of *Six the Musical*, and by Olivia Donalson in the Broadway production. In cast recordings, her role was played by Genesis Lynea and Brittney Mack respectively.

## Cast

* Principals
* Temporary Replacements
* Super Swings
* First Covers
* Second Covers
* Third Covers
* Rehearsal Swings
* Emergency Covers

**Sasha Renae Brown**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production; Fifth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Kennedy Carstens**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production

**Maya Christian**  Third Bliss Cruise Production

**Cydney Clark**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Małgorzata Chruściel**  Non-Replica Polish Production

**Kiana Daniele**  First & Second Australian Tour

**Olivia Donalson**  First North American "Aragon" Tour; Third Broadway Production

**Scarlet Gabriel**  Second Bliss Cruise Production

**Sophie Golden**  First Bliss Cruise Production

**Herceg Erika**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Krystal Hernández**  Canadian Production

**Fia Houston-Hamilton**  Cancelled Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Choi Hyun-sun**  South Korean Production

**Haley Izurieta**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Cherelle Jay**  Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Kim Ji-sun**  South Korean Production

**Kardffy Aisha**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Genesis Lynea**  Off-West End Production

**Brittney Mack**  Pre-Broadway Tour; First Broadway Production

**Terica Marie**  First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Shekinah McFarlane**  Second & Third UK Tours; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Alexia McIntosh**  First UK Tour; First & Second West End Productions; 2022 Reunion

**Jessica Niles**  First & Second Breakaway Cruise Production; Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Reca Oakley**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production; Fifth West End Production

**Aiesha Naomi Pease**  Fourth UK Tour

**Janice Rijssel**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production; Seventh Bliss Cruise Production

**Kenedy Small**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Nasia Thomas**  Second Broadway Production

**Dionne Ward-Anderson**  Third & Fourth West End Production

**Oliver Wickham**  Original Student Production

**Cherelle Jay**  Second West End Production

**Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert**  Pre-Broadway Tour

**Chiara Assetta**  Second Australian Tour

**Ella Burns**  First Australian Tour

**Jennifer Caldwell**  Second West End Production

**Harriet Caplan-Dean**  Fourth & Fifth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Cristina D’Agostino**  Second Australian Tour

Meg Dixon-Brasil**Bryony Duncan**  Second West End Production

**Madeline Fansler**  Second Australian Tour

**Collette Guitart**  First, Second & Third West End Production

**Grace Mouat**  First UK Tour

**Karis Oka**  First & Second Australian Tour

**Natalie Pilkington**  Third & Fifth UK Tour; Fifth West End Production

**Shannen Alyce Quan**  First & Second Australian Tour

**Rachel Rawlinson**  Third & Fourth West End Production; 2022 Reunion

**Esme Rothero**  Third & Fourth West End Production

**Shakira Simpson**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Harriet Watson**  Fourth UK Tour; Third & Fourth West End Production

**Naomi Alade**  Fifth West End Production

**Liv Alexander**  First Breakaway Cruise Production; Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Monique Ashe-Palmer**  Fourth West End Production

**Paisley Billings**  Third West End Production

**Gabriella Boumford**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Marilyn Caserta**  Second Broadway Production; First North American "Aragon" Tour; First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Ayla Ciccone-Burton**  First, Second & Third Broadway Productions

**Holli’ Conway**  First & Second Broadway Productions

**Shantel Cribbs**  Pre-Broadway Tour

**Deirdre Dunkin**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Jana Larell Glover**  First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Ellie Jane Grant**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Collette Guitart**  Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Keirsten Nicole Hodgens**  First Broadway Production

**Abbi Hodgson**  Second Bliss Cruise Production; Second & Fifth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Horváth Mónika**  Non-Replica Hungarian Production

**Sadie Hurst**  Cancelled Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Cherelle Jay**  Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert**  Pre-Broadway Tour; First Broadway Production

**Cassandra Lee**  Second & Third UK Tours; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Hailey Lewis**  Canadian Production

**Vicki Manser**  First West End Production

**Giulia Marolda**  Seventh Bliss Cruise Production

**Bethany McDonald**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Shekinah McFarlane**  First West End Production

**Kayla McSorley**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Grace Melville**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Natalie Pilkington**  First Bliss Cruise Production

**Cassie Silva**  First, Second & Third Broadway Productions; First North American "Aragon" & "Boleyn" Tours

**Marta Skrzypczyńska**  Non-Replica Polish Production

**Cecilia Snow**  First North American "Boleyn" Tour

**Darcy Stewart**  Canadian Production

**Kelly Denice Taylor**  First North American "Aragon" & "Boleyn" Tour

**Princess Sasha Victomé**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Channing Weir**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production

**Bryony Duncan**  Second West End Production; Third UK Tour

**Zara MacIntosh**  Second West End Production; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Mallory Maedke**  2020 Broadway Previews

**Vicki Manser**  First West End Production

**Izi Maxwell**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Natalie Pilkington**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Danielle Rose**  Third West End Production

**Courtney Stapleton**  First West End Production

**Leah Vassell**  Fourth West End Production

**Harriet Watson**  Second & Third UK Tour; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Jennifer Caldwell**  Second & Third UK Tours; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast B

**Roxanne Couch**  Third West End Production

**Tamara Morgan**  Fifth UK Tour; Dutch International Tour stop

**Grace Mouat**  First West End Production

**Danielle Rose**  Fourth West End Production

**Hana Stewart**  Second West End Production; Cancelled Drive-In UK Tour Cast A

**Leesa Tulley**  Fourth UK Tour; South Korean International Tour stop

**Brooke Aneece**  Sixth Bliss Cruise Production

**Laura Blair**  First Breakaway Cruise Production

**Adrianna Glover**  Third Bliss Cruise Production

**Emily Harrigan**  Second Bliss Cruise Production

**Sadie Hurst**  Second Breakaway Cruise Production

**Haley Izurieta**  Fifth Bliss Cruise Production

**Jaelle Laguerre**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Emily Rose Lyons**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Gabbi Mack**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Giulia Marolda**  Sixth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Lori McLare**  First Bliss Cruise Production

**Reca Oakley**  Fourth Breakaway Cruise Production

**Hannah Taylor**  Fourth Bliss Cruise Production

**Princess Sasha Victomé**  Third Breakaway Cruise Production

**Kristina Walz**  Third Bliss Cruise Production

**Jennifer Caldwell**  Second West End Production

**Keirsten Nicole Hodgens**  First North American "Aragon" Tour

**Genesis Lynea**  First West End Production

**Grace Melville**  Third West End Production

**Shekinah McFarlane**  First West End Production

**Harriet Watson**  Third West End Production; Fourth UK Tour

## Songs

* *Ex-Wives*
* *Ex-Wives (Reprise)*
* *The One You've Been Waiting For*
* *Haus of Holbein*
* *Haus of Holbein (Playoff)* (live only)
* *Get Down*
* *I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)*
* *Six*
* *Megasix*

## Trivia

* Not much is known about Anna before 1527, apart from her year of birth.
* Henry met Anna privately in disguise on New Year's Day 1540 at Rochester Abbey in Rochester, as this was a courtly-love tradition. It is possible that Anna was unaware that the man in disguise was Henry, as she "regarded him little".
	+ Some believe that this instance was why Henry referred to Anna as "ugly", since he was deeply offended by her failure to reciprocate the loving gesture.
* Anna was friends with Katherine Howard, and it is possible that Katherine served as Anna's maid of honour.
* After Anna's divorce from Henry, one of the residences given to her was that of the Boleyn's, Hever Castle.
	+ Due to the generous divorce settlements that Anna received from Henry, she is often called "the King's Beloved Sister".
* After Katherine Howard's beheading, Henry was pressured by Anna and her brother William to remarry her; however, Henry refused.
* Anna stated "Madam Parr is taking a great burden on herself" upon finding out about her marriage to Henry.
* Anna was the last of Henry's wives to die; she died nine years after Catherine Parr, his sixth and final wife.
* The portrait that Hans Holbein painted of Anna now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. A miniature version can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.
* For swings and alternates that have two first covers, the role of Anna of Cleves is most often paired with that of Catherine of Aragon.
	+ For swings and alternates that have three first covers, the role is most often paired with that of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
* Over all, out of the four alternate costumes, the black costume is most associated with the role of Cleves; four out of the seven actresses cast as the black alternate have had Cleves as one of their intended first covers.
* In the musical, Anna's 'queenspirations' were Rihanna and Nicki Minaj.
* In an Instagram story, Toby Marlow stated that if *Six* were to be made into a movie, he would like either Lizzo or Cardi B to play Anna.