Henry VIII

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William Shakespeare    wrote    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Plays

Henry VIII    is a    Historical Play Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Plays

Cardinal Wolsey    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Queen Katharine    is a character in    Henry VIII Wife to King Henry, Afterwards Divorced Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Lord Chamberlain    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Gardiner    is a character in    Henry VIII Bishop of Winchester Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Cromwell    is a character in    Henry VIII Servant to Wolsey Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Sir Thomas Lovell    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Archbishop Cranmer    is a character in    Henry VIII Archbishop of Canterbury Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Anne Bullen    is a character in    Henry VIII Katharine's Maid of Honor, Afterwards Queen Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Lord Sands    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Cardinal Campeius    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Old Lady    is a character in    Henry VIII Friend to Anne Bullen Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Griffith    is a character in    Henry VIII Gentleman-usher to Queen Katherine Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Surveyor    is a character in    Henry VIII To the Duke of Buckingham Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Lord Chancellor    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Brandon    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Man    is a character in    Henry VIII The Porter's Man Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Capucius    is a character in    Henry VIII Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Lord Abergavenny    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Doctor Butts    is a character in    Henry VIII Physician to the King Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Sir Anthony Denny    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Patience    is a character in    Henry VIII Woman to Queen Katharine Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Bishop Lincoln    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Garter    is a character in    Henry VIII King-at-Arms Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Sir Henry Guildford    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Sir Nicholas Vaux    is a character in    Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters

Henry VIII    begins    "I Come No More to Make You Laugh" I come no more to make you laugh: things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Opening Lines

Henry VIII    ends    "For 'tis Ill Hap, If They Hold when Their Ladies Bid 'em Clap." 'Tis ten to one this play can never please All that are here: some come to take their ease, And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear, We have frighted with our trumpets; so, 'tis clear, They'll say 'tis naught: others, to hear the city Abused extremely, and to cry 'That's witty!' Which we have not done neither: that, I fear, All the expected good we're like to hear For this play at this time, is only in The merciful construction of good women; For such a one we show'd 'em: if they smile, And say 'twill do, I know, within a while All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap. Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Closing Lines

1509-1547    was the reign of    Henry VIII History & Mythology > English Monarchs

Henry VIII    was born on    June 28, 1491 King of England Misc > Birthdates

Charles Laughton    for his role in    The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933) In the 1928 play "Alibi" he became the first actor to play detective Hercule Poirot. In a memoir written after his death, Laughton's widow stated they never had children because he was homosexual. Movies > Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Henry VIII of England    had the sobriquet    Old Coppernose History & Mythology > Sobriquets

Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr    are all    Wives of King Henry VIII And of course also Anne Boleyn Misc > Common Threads 1

Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Knox, Henry VIII    are all    Leaders of the Protestant Reformation Misc > Common Threads 1

The Six Wifes of Henry VIII (1970)    starred    Keith Mitchell, Annette Crosbie and Dorothy Tutin Director: Naomi Capon & John Glenister. Also starred Anne Stallybrass, Elvi Hale & Angela Pleasence. Won Primetime Emmy Entertainment > TV Mini Series

1536        Henry VIII Became Head of the Church of Ireland The Irish parliament made Henry VIII head of the Church of Ireland. However the Reformation makes little progress in Ireland. The vast majority of the Irish remain Catholic. History & Mythology > Irish History

1541        Henry VIII Becomes King of Ireland Determined to assert his authority over Ireland, Henry VIII changes his title from Lord of Ireland. The Irish parliament assents. History & Mythology > Irish History

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)    starred    Charles Laughton, Robert Donat and Franklin Dyall Director: Alexander Korda. Also starred Mile Mander, Laurence Hanray & William Austin Movies > Movies of the 1930s

Alexander Korda    directed    The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films

Antonia Fraser    wrote    The Wives of Henry VIII Arts & Literature > Great Non Fiction - Geography and History

Henry VIII    was known as    Bluff Hal On account of his bluff and History & Mythology > Sobriquets - English Monarchs

Henry VIII    was known as    Old Coppernose By 1544 Henry was running short of money, thanks partially to his own extravagant lifestyle and expenditure. Henry's solution was to lower the fineness of the third coinage (1544–47) to only 1/3 silver and 2/3 copper. This was understandably not popular with the people, and resulted in Henry acquiring the nickname "Old Coppernose" as the silver rubbed off the high-relief part of the coin design. History & Mythology > Sobriquets - English Monarchs

The Mask of Royalty    is a biography on the life of    Henry VIII Lacey Baldwin Smith, 1973 Arts & Literature > Books - Biography

Herman's Hermits    released the single    I'm Henry VIII, I Am 1965 Music > Sounds of the 1960s

Herman's Hermits    reached no. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with    I'm Henry VIII, I Am 1 week, 1965 Music > U.S. Billboard Hot 100 - Number One Singles