HENRY VIII by William Shakespeare

 

 

Shakespeare Complete has the complete guide to Shakespeare's Henry VIII - fact sheets, guides to books, films, study, audio and worldwide theatre productions.  Browse our Henry VIII Fact Sheets for clear and easy to use information on characters, plot outline, performance history, Henry VIII on film, sources and timelines. Use our Guides to find the best currently available Henry VIII books, dvds, cds, audiobooks, downloads, study guides, notes, teaching aids, critical works and stage performances. 

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HENRY VIII

books and versions of the text including a fact sheet on the publication history of Henry the Eighth, a fact sheet on Shakespeare's collaborations with  of John Fletcher, the folio editions and a guide to current publications of Henry VIII.

HENRY VIII

Quick Key Facts:

Written between 1612 and 1613

First recorded performance at the Globe Theatre on June 29, 1613. 

Published in First Folio - 1623

 Published in 1634 quarto as co-authored with John Fletcher.

Total Lines in Play - 3239 lines

Longest part - King Henry VIII  461 lines

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 HENRY VIII

on film - dvd, download and video - including a fact sheet on Henry the Eighth Film History and a guide to currently available films, movies and adaptations of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.

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HENRY VIII

theatre and stage productions including a fact sheet on Performance History, a guide to current and forthcoming worldwide productions, an archive of recent stagings and a guide to books on acting and staging Henry VIII.

We Recommend:

Visit The Oregon Shakespeare Festival website for three video interviews with director John Sipes. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's staging of Henry VIII opens in June 2009 and he gives his views on the play, his thoughts about the upcoming production and its historical accuracy.

Click here to go to Henry VIII podcasts at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival website.

Click here for more information on Henry VIII and the OSF Season.

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                          HENRY VIII

study guides, student notes, teaching aids and critical works on Shakespeare's Henry the Eighth including fact sheets on characters, plot and sources, along with a guide to currently available Henry VIII study guides.

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