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Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England

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

Contents

Art

  • Lucas de Heere: The Family of Henry VIII
  • Hans Eworth: Henry VIII (c. 1545)
  • Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII, The Dynasty Portrait, and Henry VIII and the Barber-Surgeons (1540)
  • Lucas Horenbout: Untitled Miniature of King Henry (c. 1526)
  • Daniel Maclise: Henry Meeting Anne at Hampton Court
  • Guido Mazzoni: Untitled Bust of Prince Henry (c. 1498)
  • Joos van Cleve: Henry VIII (c. 1535)
  • Willard Wigan: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    • Film

  • Anna Boleyn: Emil Jannings
  • Anne of the Thousand Days: Richard Burton
  • Book Revue: Mel Blanc
  • Cardinal Wolsey (1912): Tefft Johnson
  • Carry On Henry: Sid James
  • Crossed Swords: Charlton Heston
  • God's Outlaw: Keith Barron
  • Henry VIII (1911): Arthur Bourchier
  • Henry VIII and His Six Wives: Keith Michell
  • Inside Llewyn Davis: Llewyn performs a song about Henry and Jane Seymour for Grossman
  • Intolerable Cruelty: Miles references Henry
  • A Man for All Seasons: Robert Shaw
  • Monarch (2000): T.P. McKenna
  • The Other Boleyn Girl: Eric Bana
  • Pearls of the Crown: Lyn Harding
  • The Prince and the Pauper: Montagu Love
  • The Prince and the Pauper (1957): Douglas Campbell
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII: Charles Laughton
  • The Sword and the Rose: James Robertson Justice
  • Tower of London: Ralph Forbes
  • Tudor Rose: Frank Cellier
  • U.F.O.: Rusty Goffe
  • When Knighthood Was in Flower: Lyn Harding
  • Young Bess: Charles Laughton

    • See also: King Henry VIII Character Page

    Literature

  • Suzannah Dunn: The Confessions of Katherine Howard, The Queen of Subtleties, and The Sixth Wife
  • Carolly Erickson: The First Elizabeth, Mistress Anne, and The Last Wife of Henry VIII
  • Antonia Fraser: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1993)
  • Margaret George: The Autobiography of Henry VIII
  • Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
  • Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Morland Dynasty, and "The Dark Rose"
  • Virginia Henley: A Woman of Passion
  • Eleanor Hibbert: Shadow of the Pomegranate, Katharine the Virgin Widow, King's Secret Matter, Murder Most Royal, Mary, Queen of France, St. Thomas's Eve, and The Sixth Wife
  • Ivery Kirk, Luna Teague: One Does Not Simply Walk into Tudor
  • Charles Major: When Knighthood Was in Flower
  • Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
  • C. J. Sansom: Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign
  • Mark Twain: The Prince and the Pauper
  • Alison Weir: My Lady Elizabeth, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    • Music

  • Bert Lee: "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
  • David Munrow: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (soundtrack album)
  • Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace
  • R. P. Weston: "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"; recorded by Harry Champion, Joe Brown, and Herman's Hermits

    • Opera

  • Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Henri VIII

    • Plays

  • Maxwell Anderson: Anne of the Thousand Days, originally played by Rex Harrison
  • Robert Bolt: A Man for All Seasons (1960), originally played by Richard Leech
  • Howard Brenton: Anne Boleyn, originally played by Anthony Howell
  • Pedro Calderón de la Barca: La cisma de Inglaterra/The Schism in England
  • Mike Poulton: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
  • William Shakespeare: The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth

    • Television

  • Bewitched: "How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII, Parts 1 & 2" (Ronald Long)
  • Disneyland: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Paul Rogers)
  • DuPont Show of the Month: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Douglas Campbell)
  • Henry VIII (John Stride)
  • Henry VIII (Ray Winstone, Sid Mitchell)
  • Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant (Laurence Spellman)
  • I Dream of Jeannie: "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday, Part 2" (Jack Fife)
  • A Man for All Seasons (Martin Chamberlain)
  • Histeria!: "The Terrible Tudors" (1998)
  • The Madness of Henry VIII: National Geographic Channel (Dan Astileanu)
  • The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (Brian Blessed)
  • Omnibus: "The Trial of Anne Boleyn" (Rex Harrison)
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (Jared Harris)
  • The Prince and the Pauper (2000) (Alan Bates)
  • Relic Hunter: "The Royal Ring" (Michael Hofland)
  • The Simpsons: "Margical History Tour"
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Keith Michell)
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001) (Chris Larkin and Andy Rashleigh)
  • The Tudors (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
  • Horrible Histories (Ben Willbond/Rowan Atkinson)
  • Wolf Hall (Damian Lewis)

    • References

    Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England Wikipedia
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