A Man for All Seasons

Background

Information

For

Play by

Robert Bolt

1960 Anna J. Small Roseboro

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Henry VIII

Famous Holblein Painting 1534

Catherine of Aragon

Spanish

Wife of King Albert,

Henry VIII, older brother.

First wife of Henry VIII

Sir Thomas More’s Family

Howard, Duke of Norfolk

Friend of

Sir Thomas More

Richard Rich

Drawing by Holblein,

portrait painter of

Henry VIII

Cardinal Wolsey

Chief Advisor to King

Liaison to Pope

Thomas Cromwell

Secretary to

Chancelor

Papal Pyramid

Pope Clement II

Thames River

HAMPTON Court

Built by

Cardinal Wolsey

Richmond Palace

Anne Boleyn Marries Henry

VIII

She waited nearly

seven years for

Henry to obtain an

annulment. It

finally took an

irrevocable breach

with the Holy See

before they wed in

1533.

No son; No Marriage

But she was unable

to give Henry the

son he desperately

needed and their

marriage ended

tragically for Anne.

Anne Boleyn Beheaded

She was executed on patently false charges of witchcraft, incest and adultery on

19 May 1536 at the Tower of London.

Elizabeth I

Anne Boleyn’s

daughter, Elizabeth,

would become

England's greatest

queen.

A Man for All Seasons

Scenes from

Production

of

Play by

Robert Bolt

1960