May 11th to 18th 2013
Written by Howard Brenton
Directed by Jane Railton
Traditionally seen as a pawn manoeuvred into Henry VIII's bed by an ambitious father and his friends, or as a sexually licentious predator, even a witch, Anne Boleyn here is shown to be witty and confident in her sexuality, as she takes on the vicious world of Tudor Court politics. She is in love with Henry - but also in love with the most dangerous ideas of her day. Howard Brenton's astonishing drama memorably brings to life a brilliant but reckless young woman, whose marriage and death transformed England for ever.
Directors
Cast
- Nicol Cortese : Anne Boleyn
- Craig Shelton : King Henry VIII
- Brian Emeney : Thomas Cromwell
- Hugh Sorrill : Cardinal Wolsey
- Lucy Hayton : Lady Rochford
- Ashleigh Dickinson : Lady Celia
- Naomi Hook : Lady Jane
- Ben Lancashire : Simpkin
- Dan Searles : Sloop
- Mark Wiszowaty : William Tyndale
- Jon Elves : King James I
- Keith Railton : Robert Cecil
- Joe Fallowell : George Villiers
- Dan Darragh : Parrott
- John Hathaway : Dean Lancelot Andrewes
- Peter Brooks : Dr John Reynolds
- Bill Bosworth : Henry Barrow
- Shirley Jobson : 1st Countrywoman
- Sue Hadlum : 2nd Countrywoman
- Christine Ingall : Countrywoman
- Pete Meredith : Countryman
- Laurentiu Moldoveanu : Countryman
- Steph Othen : Lady of the Court (Elizabeth)
- Stella Gabriel : Lady of the Court (Mary)
- Shirley Jobson : Puritan
- Hugh Sorrill : Guard
- Ben Lancashire : Puritan
- Bill Bosworth : Guard
- Hugh Sorrill : Puritan
- Stella Gabriel : Puritan
- Pete Meredith : Courtier
- Laurentiu Moldoveanu : Courtier
- Dan Darragh : Courtier
- Sue Hadlum : Courtier
- Joe Fallowell : Courtier
- Mark Wiszowaty : Courtier
- Sue Hadlum : Divine
- Steph Othen : Divine
- Mark Wiszowaty : Divine
- Pete Meredith : Divine
- Dan Searles : Divine
- Laurentiu Moldoveanu : Divine
- Christine Ingall : Divine
- Peter Brooks : 2nd Countryman
- Bill Bosworth : 1st Countryman
- Ben Lancashire : Countryman
- Peter Brooks : Voice of Guard
- Dan Darragh : Countryman
- Dan Searles : Countryman
- Laurentiu Moldoveanu : Servant
- Steph Othen : Servant
- Christine Ingall : Servant
- Shirley Jobson : Servant
- Stella Gabriel : Countrywoman
- Sue Hadlum : Servant
- Pete Meredith : Servant
- Steph Othen : Countrywoman
Crew
- Jane Railton : Director
- Robin Stokoe : Choreographer
- Karl Stafford : Set & Lighting Design
- Anne-marie Greene : Stage Manager
- Dave Cornish : Sound
- Maureen Liggins : Costume
- Pam Coleman : Costume
- Annie Woodward : Props
- Chris Jones : Props
- Nicola Gabriel : Props
- Jonathan Rees : Prompt
- Christine Ingall : Costume
- Bob Morley : Props
- Anne-marie Greene : Director's Assistant