15 March - 5 May 2012
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Hunting through an old chest, the newly crowned James I discovers the controversial legacy of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s notorious second wife. Time jumps back 70 years, when the witty and flirtatious Anne was in love with Henry, but also with the most dangerous ideas of her day. Conspiring with the exiled William Tyndale, she plots to make England Protestant – forever.
A celebration of a great English heroine, Anne Boleyn leaps between generations to reveal the debt the outrageous but scholarly James owed to Anne when he shrewdly reconciled England’s religious factions by creating his common, ‘authorised’ Bible.
Anne Boleyn is produced in partnership with English Touring Theatre, and will tour to 8 venues across the UK next Spring.
To book tickets please contact the venues directly
Reviews
2011
* * * * The Guardian, 2011
"John Dove's production is as light on its feet as the script. This is a big, bold and generous evening that proves populist can also be pin sharp."
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* * * * Time Out
"Writer Howard Brenton has been a living hit for Shakespeare's Globe, writing history plays with a verve and revisionist wit surely inspired by the big man himself."
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* * * * * The Sunday Telegraph, 2011
''Theatre at its very best. It's a good-looking, stylish, intelligent production, immaculately played by an accomplished cast."
2010
The Independent on Sunday, 2010
“Her instant rapport with the audience goes down a treat.”
* * * *Daily Telegraph, 2010
"The Tudor pack at their most snarling, scheming, ribald, pleasure-seeking and gaily entertaining."
* * * * Independent on Sunday, 2010
"Absorbing."
* * * * The Guardian, 2010
"Challenges received wisdom and bulges with theatrical vitality."
* * * * Time Out, 2010
"Howard Brenton's lively new drama illuminates the Globe in John Dove’s exuberant production."
* * * * Daily Mail, 2010
"John Dove’s elegant production with period chamber music is rich, invigorating, historical drama."
