A celebration of a great English heroine; Anne Boleyn dramatises the life and legacy of Henry VIII#8217;s notorious second wife; who helped change the course of the nation#8217;s history. Premiered at Shakespeares Globe in 2010. Best New Play; Whatsonstage.com Awards Traditionally seen as either the pawn of an ambitious family manoeuvred into the King#8217;s bed or as a predator manipulating her way to power; Anne #150; and her ghost #150; are seen in a very different light in Howard Brenton#8217;s epic play. Rummaging through the dead Queen Elizabeth#8217;s possessions upon coming to the throne in 1603; King James I finds alarming evidence that Anne was a religious conspirator; in love with Henry VIII but also with the most dangerous ideas of her day. She comes alive for him; a brilliant but reckless young woman confident in her sexuality; whose marriage and death transformed England for ever. This is no dry and dusty history lesson... a witty and engrossing impression of the times that gave birth to our first Elizabethan age; and the subsequent reformation British Theatre Guide The play bursts through the constraints of costume dramaThe Independent What an absolute delight... a beautifully-written piece of theatre that instantly draws you in into the life and times of both Anne Boleyn and King James I Whatsonstage.com
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