Anne Boleyn | |
---|---|
Written by | Howard Brenton |
Characters | Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell, James I, George Villiers |
Date premiered | 24 July 2010 |
Place premiered | Shakespeare's Globe |
Original language | English |
Subject | English Reformation |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | England, 1519–1536 and 1603–1604 |
Official site |
Anne Boleyn is a play on the life of Anne Boleyn by the English author Howard Brenton, which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe in 2010. Anne Boleyn is portrayed as a significant force in the political and religious in-fighting at court and a furtherer of the cause of Protestantism in her enthusiasm for the Tyndale Bible.[1]