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The Wheel of Fortune and the Maiden Phoenix of Shakespeare’s King Henry the Eighth
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Bliss, Lee |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Sir Henry Wotton, describing the fire in a letter to Sir Edmund Bacon, has this to say of the spectacle he saw before it broke out: The Kings Players had a new Play called All is True, representing some principal pieces of the Reign of Henry. At the beginning of the play Wolsey is already as powerful as he can ever hope to become in England. His plans to climb to the papacy do not really affect the plot, nor are they revealed till the moment of his disgrace. Modern audiences no doubt have stock responses to Anne Bullen, and sentimental romantic interest in her character could hardly have been foreseen by Shakespeare. Knight and Foakes claim too much for this play and too little: too much for the patriotic ritual, too little for the psychology. Katherine appears in some of the best scenes: in three of them fighting Wolsey and in a fourth preparing for death. Book Name: King John and Henry VIII |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2014-0-36720-3&isbn=9781315724560&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 339 |
| Page Count | 27 |
| Starting Page | 313 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315724560-24 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-04-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: King John and Henry Viii Literary Studies Shakespeare Audiences Papacy Maiden |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
