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.
Prologue
Henry VIII
Duke of Buckingham
Duke of Norfolk
Lord Abergavenny
Cardinal Wolsey
Cromwell
Duke of Suffolk
Sergeant-at-Arms
Katharine of Aragon
Griffith / Gentleman Usher
A Surveyor
Lord Chamberlain
Lord Sandys
Sir Thomas Lovell
Anne Bullen
Sir Henry Guildford
A Servant
1st Gentleman
2nd Gentleman
Sir Nicholas Vaux
Cardinal Campeius
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Old Lady, Anne Bullen's Friend
A Crier
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Lincoln
Singer
Patience
Earl of Surrey
A Messenger
Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Page to Gardiner
Door-Keeper of the Council Chamber
Lord Chancellor
Dr. Butts
