Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England and his reign have been depicted in art, film, literature, music, opera, plays, and television

Art

• Lucas de Heere: The Family of Henry VIII
• Hans Eworth: Henry VIII (c. 1545)
• Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII, The Dynasty Portrait, and Henry VIII and the Barber-Surgeons (1540)
• Lucas Horenbout: Untitled Miniature of King Henry (c. 1526)
• Daniel Maclise: Henry Meeting Anne at Hampton Court
• Guido Mazzoni: Untitled Bust of Prince Henry (c. 1498)
• Joos van Cleve: Henry VIII (c. 1535)
• Willard Wigan: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Film

• Anna Boleyn: Emil Jannings
• Anne of the Thousand Days: Richard Burton
• Book Revue: Mel Blanc
• Cardinal Wolsey (1912): Tefft Johnson
• Carry On Henry: Sid James
• Crossed Swords: Charlton Heston
• God's Outlaw: Keith Barron
• Henry VIII (1911): Arthur Bourchier
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives: Keith Michell
• Inside Llewyn Davis: Llewyn performs a song about Henry and Jane Seymour for Grossman
• Intolerable Cruelty: Miles references Henry
• A Man for All Seasons: Robert Shaw
• Monarch (2000): T.P. McKenna
• The Other Boleyn Girl: Eric Bana
• Pearls of the Crown: Lyn Harding
• The Prince and the Pauper: Montagu Love
• The Prince and the Pauper (1957): Douglas Campbell
• The Private Life of Henry VIII: Charles Laughton
• The Sword and the Rose: James Robertson Justice
• Tower of London: Ralph Forbes
• Tudor Rose: Frank Cellier
• U.F.O.: Rusty Goffe
• When Knighthood Was in Flower: Lyn Harding
• Young Bess: Charles Laughton

See also: King Henry VIII Character Page

Literature

• Suzannah Dunn: The Confessions of Katherine Howard, The Queen of Subtleties, and The Sixth Wife
• Carolly Erickson: The First Elizabeth, Mistress Anne, and The Last Wife of Henry VIII
• Antonia Fraser: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1993)
• Margaret George: The Autobiography of Henry VIII
• Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
• Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Morland Dynasty, and "The Dark Rose"
• Virginia Henley: A Woman of Passion
• Eleanor Hibbert: Shadow of the Pomegranate, Katharine the Virgin Widow, King's Secret Matter, Murder Most Royal, Mary, Queen of France, St. Thomas's Eve, and The Sixth Wife
• Ivery Kirk, Luna Teague: One Does Not Simply Walk into Tudor
• Charles Major: When Knighthood Was in Flower
• Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
• C. J. Sansom: Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign
• Mark Twain: The Prince and the Pauper
• Alison Weir: My Lady Elizabeth, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Music

• Bert Lee: "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" co-written with R. P. Weston; recorded by Stanley Holloway, The Kingston Trio, The Barron Knights, and Rudy Vallee
• David Munrow: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (soundtrack album)
• Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace
• R. P. Weston: "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"; recorded by Harry Champion, Joe Brown, and Herman's Hermits

Opera

• Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Henri VIII

Plays

• Maxwell Anderson: Anne of the Thousand Days, originally played by Rex Harrison
• Robert Bolt: A Man for All Seasons (1960), originally played by Richard Leech
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca: La cisma de Inglaterra/The Schism in England
• Mike Poulton: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
• William Shakespeare: The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth

Television

• Bewitched: "How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII, Parts 1 & 2" (Ronald Long)
• Disneyland: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Paul Rogers)
• DuPont Show of the Month: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Douglas Campbell)
• Henry VIII (John Stride)
• Henry VIII (Ray Winstone, Sid Mitchell)
• Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant (Laurence Spellman)
• I Dream of Jeannie: "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday, Part 2" (Jack Fife)
• A Man for All Seasons (Martin Chamberlain)
• Histeria!: "The Terrible Tudors" (1998)
• The Madness of Henry VIII: National Geographic Channel (Dan Astileanu)
• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (Brian Blessed)
• Omnibus: "The Trial of Anne Boleyn" (Rex Harrison)
• The Other Boleyn Girl (Jared Harris)
• The Prince and the Pauper (2000) (Alan Bates)
• Relic Hunter: "The Royal Ring" (Michael Hofland)
• The Simpsons: "Margical History Tour"
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Keith Michell)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001) (Chris Larkin and Andy Rashleigh)
• The Tudors (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
• Horrible Histories (Ben Willbond/Rowan Atkinson)
• Wolf Hall (Damian Lewis)

See also

• List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations

Further reading

Sue Parrill and William B. Robison, The Tudors on Film and Television (McFarland, 2013). ISBN 978-0786458912.

External links

• http://www.tudorsonfilm.com/
• King Henry VIII Character Page