Details

The Famous History of the Life of Henry VIII (or All is True). A rarely performed Shakespearean historical play. The events of Henry's last 25 years, love, intrigue, war with France, Wolsey and the break with Rome. A scorching new reworking of Shakespeare's classic text for Golden Jubilee year. The mind and body of a hot-blooded young King are the prize in a vicious three-way power struggle between his queen Katherine, his mistress Anne, and the ruthlesssly ambitious Cardinal Wolsey - one of Shakespeare's most gloriously despicable villains. At stake are marriages, empires, careers - and necks! Shakespeare's rarely performed dramatisation of the political and sexual intrigue surrounding the first two wives of England's most volatile monarch has been dragged out of the mothballs of period costume, and cut into a new, fast moving, sexually charged thriller set in our contemporary world of SEX, SLEAZE, PALACE SCANDAL and POLITICAL SPIN.

Cast/Performers

Simon Merrells, Katerina Jugati, James Horne, Cara Sweeney, Simon Wright, Bea Holland, Anna Ziman, Amy Rockson, Martin Fisher, Eugene Washington, Anthony Biggs

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Suzanna Rosenthal
Company: The Steam Industry
Adapted by: Phil Willmott
Director: Phil Willmot
Design: Rosemary Flegg
Lighting: Hansjorg Schmidt
Sound: Adam Keeper