Shakespeare's Globe On Screen Henry VIII (2010)
Filmed live in London at Shakespeare's Globe.
run time 160 mins on 2 files No subtitles for this disc
IMDb tt5644496/
Cast and creatives
directed for the stage by: Mark Rosenblatt
directed for the screen by: Robin Lough
Patience/
a Lady in Waiting Mary Doherty
Henry VIII Dominc Rowan
Cardinal Wolsey Ian McNeice
Anne Boleyn Miranda Raison
Queen Katherine Kate Duchene
Duke of Buckingham Anthony Howell
Duke of Norfolk Peter Hamilton Dyer
Lord Chamberlain First Citizen Sam Cox
Complete Cast in the credit roll
Summary
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 Anne Boleyn, he brings ruin upon himself, the Queen and centuries of English obedience to Rome.
My notes:
In this play the Chorus' Prologue (Patience) first line is "I come no more to make you laugh."
Well with a wink here it is somewhat true since this is one of the history plays-- not high tragedy but a telling of history to the audience at the Globe.
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Notes written December 9th 2017