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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 6 of 9]

Chapter 5: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[C].
By William Shakespeare
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The volume collects four dramatic works that range from a historical drama focused on court politics and questions of succession to a skeptical treatment of love and honor amid a prolonged war. Another play examines pride, civic unrest, and the fraught relationship between a celebrated public figure and the populace, ending in alienation and political catastrophe. A final piece delivers a brutal revenge tragedy where cycles of atrocity and retaliation escalate into extreme violence. The edition pairs the plays with scholarly notes and textual commentary that document variant readings and editorial decisions.

KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[C].

  • King Henry the Eighth.
  • Cardinal Wolsey.
  • Cardinal Campeius.
  • Capucius, Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V.
  • Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Duke of Norfolk.
  • Duke of Buckingham.
  • Duke of Suffolk.
  • Earl of Surrey.
  • Lord Chamberlain.
  • Lord Chancellor.
  • Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
  • Bishop of Lincoln.
  • Lord Abergavenny.
  • Lord Sands.
  • Sir Henry Guildford.
  • Sir Thomas Lovell.
  • Sir Anthony Denny.
  • Sir Nicholas Vaux.
  • Secretaries to Wolsey.
  • Cromwell, Servant to Wolsey.
  • Griffith, Gentleman-usher to Queen Katharine.
  • Three Gentlemen.
  • Doctor Butts, Physician to the King.
  • Garter King-at-Arms.
  • Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham.
  • Brandon, and a Sergeant-at-Arms.
  • Door-keeper of the Council-chamber. Porter, and his Man.
  • Page to Gardiner. A Crier.
  • Queen Katharine, wife to King Henry, afterwards divorced.
  • Anne Bullen, her Maid of Honour, afterwards Queen.
  • An old Lady, friend to Anne Bullen.
  • Patience, woman to Queen Katharine.

Several Lords and Ladies in the Dumb Shows; Women attending upon the Queen; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants.

Spirits.

Scene: London; Westminster; Kimbolton.

[C] Dramatis Personæ. First given, imperfectly, by Rowe.

THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF

KING HENRY VIII.