Henry VIII - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Henry VIII - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2010 · 160 min · Drama, History

The Tudor Court is locked in a power struggle between its nobles and the Machiavellian Cardinal Wolsey, the King's first minister and the country's most conspicuous symbol of Catholic power. Wolsey's ambition knows no bounds and when his chief ally, Queen Katherine, interferes in the King's romance with Ann Bullen, he brings ruin upon himself, the Queen and centuries of English obedience to Rome.

Directed by Mark Rosenblatt

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Dominic Rowan Henry VIII
Ian McNeice Cardinal Wolsey
Miranda Raison Anne Boleyn
Kate Duchêne Queen Katherine
Anthony Howell Duke of Buckingham
Amanda Lawrence The Fool/Virginia, A Lady-in-Waiting
John Cummins Cromwell

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