Henry VIII, William Shakespeare
Henry VIII, William Shakespeare
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Henry VIII

Author: William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright, Robert T. Kiyosaki

Narrator: a full cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Arkangel

Published: 01/07/2006

Categories: Fiction, Drama

Synopsis

King Henry is married to Catherine of Aragon, but he has been smitten by the charms of the queen's maid of honor, Anne Boleyn, and is tempted to divorce his dignified and noble wife. Meanwhile, the lords of England resent the influence of Henry's trusted advisor, Cardinal Wolsey, who is gradually drawing power into his own hands. As Catherine and Wolsey suffer their tragic falls, new figures rise to fill their places, but they, too, will be brought low by the inexorable sweep of time and fortune. This colorful history play, possibly written in collaboration with John Fletcher, comes from the very end of Shakespeare's dramatic career.Paul Jesson plays Henry VIII, and Jane Lapotaire plays Queen Catherine. Timothy West is Cardinal Wolsey.

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616), English poet and dramatist of the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period, is the most widely known author in all of English literature and often considered the greatest. He was an active member of a theater company for at least twenty years, during which time he wrote many great plays. Plays were not prized as literature at the time and Shakespeare was not widely read until the middle of the eighteenth century, when a great upsurge of interest in his works began that continues today.

About E.A. Copen

E. A. Copen lives deep in the deep dark woods outside one of the most haunted cities in Ohio. While working a boring retail job, she entertained herself with stories of the fantastic, some of which became books like Guilty by Association, Death Rites, and Broken Empire. She speaks three languages fluently: English, Latin, and sarcasm. E. A. is currently studying to become proficient in memes.

About Robert T. Kiyosaki

Robert Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad—the bestselling personal finance book that has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world manage their finances . An investor, entrepreneur, and educator, his perspectives on money and investing fly in the face of conventional wisdom. In 1994 he sold his business and, through his investments, was able to retire at the age of forty-seven.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on March 15, 2020

There are lots of things about this play that please and impress me, but somehow I don't think it quite works. The best things about it are two scenes probably by Fletcher: the sympathetic portrait of Katharine of Aragon's self-defense and the dignified soliloquy of the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey aft......more

Goodreads review by James on January 17, 2020

Book Review 3 of 5 stars to Henry VIII, a play written in 1613 by William Shakespeare. This play originally had a different title and there is also some suspicion that it was co-written with another person at the time. It was towards the end of Shakespeare's career where while his brillia......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 09, 2017

I can't say that the writing is bad, per-se, more that the topic is unworthy except for being an obligatory propagandist piece to prop up the worthiness of the Anglican church versus the Catholics. I'm sure no one is surprised on this count. There's rather less of the real drama that surrounded the Ki......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 20, 2020

This was outrageously bad......more

Quotes

“The fine production…infuses much more life into this stately, pageant-like play than one might expect from the text…[with] a lifelike sound design that even includes the murmurs of agreement or dismay of listening characters.” AudioFile

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