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Henry VIII

65 %|Feb 25, 1979|History, Drama, TV Movie

Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.

Featured Crew

Kevin Billington
Director
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Cedric Messina
Producer
Hubert Cartwright
Lighting Director
Alun Hughes
Costume Design
James Tyler
Music
Geraldine Stephenson
Choreographer
Don Taylor
Production Design

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Cast

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Tony Church
Prologue
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John Stride
Henry VIII
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Julian Glover
Duke of Buckingham
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Jeremy Kemp
Duke of Norfolk
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David Rintoul
Lord Abergavenny
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Timothy West
Cardinal Wolsey
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John Rowe
Cromwell
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Lewis Flander
Duke of Suffolk
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Alan Leith
Sergeant-at-Arms
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Claire Bloom
Katharine of Aragon
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John Bailey
Griffith / Gentleman Usher
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David Troughton
A Surveyor
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John Nettleton
Lord Chamberlain
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Nigel Lambert
Sir Thomas Lovell
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Adam Bareham
Sir Henry Guildford
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John Cater
1st Gentleman
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Roger Lloyd Pack
2nd Gentleman
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Jack McKenzie
Sir Nicholas Vaux
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Michael Poole
Cardinal Campeius
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Peter Vaughan
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
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Sylvia Coleridge
Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend
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Ronald Pickup
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
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David Dodimead
Bishop of Lincoln
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Sally Home
Patience
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Oliver Cotton
Earl of Surrey
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Michael Walker
A Messenger
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John Rhys-Davies
Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
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Timothy Barker
Page to Gardiner
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Brian Osborne
Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber
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John Rogan
Dr. Butts
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Jack May
Lord Chancellor