Cultural depictions of Henry VIII explained

Henry VIII and his reign have frequently been depicted in art, film, literature, music, opera, plays, and television.

Art

The Family of Henry VIII

Henry VIII (c. 1545)

Portrait of Henry VIII, The Dynasty Portrait, and Henry VIII and the Barber-Surgeons (1540)

Untitled Miniature of King Henry (c. 1526)

Henry Meeting Anne at Hampton Court

Untitled Bust of Prince Henry (c. 1498)

Henry VIII (c. 1535)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Film

Emil Jannings

Richard Burton (for which Burton was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor)

Mel Blanc

Sid James

Jude Law

Keith Barron

Keith Michell

Llewyn performs a song about Henry and Jane Seymour for Grossman

Miles references Henry

Robert Shaw (for which Shaw was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor)

Eric Bana

Lyn Harding

Charles Laughton (for which Laughton won the Academy Award for Best Actor)

James Robertson Justice

Frank Cellier

Rusty Goffe

Lyn Harding

Charles Laughton

Internet

Henry VIII is featured in a canceled, but later launched, episode of the webseries in a rap battle with Hillary Clinton. In the conflict, comparisons between the king's intimate life and the Monicagate controversy are made.

Literature

The Confessions of Katherine Howard, The Queen of Subtleties, and The Sixth Wife

The First Elizabeth, Mistress Anne, and The Last Wife of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1993)

The Autobiography of Henry VIII

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Secret Bride, The Queen's Mistake, The Queen's Rival, I, Jane

The Morland Dynasty, and "The Dark Rose"

A Woman of Passion

Shadow of the Pomegranate, Katharine the Virgin Widow, King's Secret Matter, The Lady in the Tower: The Wives of Henry VIII, Murder Most Royal, Mary, Queen of France, St. Thomas's Eve, and The Sixth Wife

When Knighthood Was in Flower

Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the Light

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (a novelization of the 1972 film)

Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign

Non-Fiction - Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, The Reign of Henry VIII: The Personalities and Politics, Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity, Henry: Virtuous Prince, Henry: Model of a Tyrant, Henry VIII: A European Court in England

The Prince and the Pauper

Non-Fiction - Henry VIII: The King and His Court, Elizabeth the Queen/The Life of Elizabeth I, Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Fiction - The Lady Elizabeth, Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, and Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets

Music

"With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" co-written with R. P. Weston; recorded by Stanley Holloway, The Kingston Trio, The Barron Knights, and Rudy Vallee

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (soundtrack album)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace

"I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"; recorded by Harry Champion, Joe Brown, and Herman's Hermits

Opera

Anna Bolena

Henri VIII

Plays

Anne of the Thousand Days, originally played by Rex Harrison

A Man for All Seasons (1960), originally played by Richard Leech

Anne Boleyn, originally played by Anthony Howell

La cisma de Inglaterra/The Schism in England

The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth

Radio

Television

"How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII, Parts 1 & 2" (Ronald Long)

"The Prince and the Pauper" (Paul Rogers)

"The Prince and the Pauper" (Douglas Campbell)

"The Terrible Tudors" (1998)

"The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday, Part 2" (Jack Fife)

"The Trial of Anne Boleyn" (Rex Harrison)

"The Royal Ring" (Michael Hofland)

"Margical History Tour" (Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson)

See also

References

  1. Book: 978-1514807293. Fall of the House of Queens. Talcott. Shelly. 25 March 2017. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform .
  2. Web site: BBC Programme Index. 7 October 2006 .
  3. Web site: BBC Radio 4 Extra - Crowned Hudds, Fourth Wedding and Some Funerals.
  4. Web site: BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Henry VIII.
  5. Web site: BBC Radio 4 Extra - the Ghostbuster Diaries, My Three Ladies.
  6. Web site: BBC Radio 4 Extra - the Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII.
  7. Web site: Enrique VIII, el Rey inglés que deshonró a la tía madrileña de Carlos I de España. ABC. 1 October 2015. César. Cervera.

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