Henry VIII (1925) Yale/Text

by William Shakespeare

Layout 2

 

The Famous History of the Life of
King Henry the Eighth

 

ACTS: (not listed in original)

• Prologue
• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V
• Epilogue

[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

King Henry the Eighth.

Cardinal Wolsey.

Cardinal Campeius.

Capucius, Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V.

Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Duke of Norfolk.

Duke of Suffolk.

Duke of Buckingham.

Earl of Surrey.

Lord Chancellor.

Lord Chamberlain.

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

Bishop of Lincoln.

Lord Abergavenny.

Lord Sandys.

Sir Thomas Lovell.

Sir Henry Guilford.

Sir Anthony Denny.

Sir Nicholas Vaux.

Cromwell, Servant to Wolsey.

Griffith, Gentleman-Usher to Queen Katharine.

Doctor Butts, Physician to the King.

Brandon, and a Sergeant-at-Arms.

Queen Katharine, Wife to King Henry.

Anne Bullen, her Maid of Honour; later Queen.

An Old Lady, Friend to Anne Bullen.

Patience, Woman to Queen Katharine.

Secretaries to Wolsey; Three Gentlemen; Garter King-at-Arms; Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham; Door-keeper of the Council Chamber; Porter, and his Man; Page to Gardiner; A Crier; Several Lords and Ladies in the Dumb Shows; Women attending upon the Queen; Spirits which appear to her; Scribes, Officers, Guards, etc.

 

Scene: London and Westminster; once at Kimbolton.]