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THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH: DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - William Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth [1623]

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare), ed. with a glossary by W.J. Craig M.A. (Oxford University Press, 1916).

Part of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (The Oxford Shakespeare)

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THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

KING HENRY THE EIGHTH.
CARDINAL WOLSEY.
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS.
CAPUCIUS,Ambassador from the Emperor Charles the Fifth.
CRANMER,Archbishop of Canterbury.
DUKE OF NORFOLK.
DUKE OF SUFFOLK.
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
EARL OF SURREY.
Lord Chancellor.
Lord Chamberlain.
GARDINER,Bishop of Winchester.
BISHOP OF LINCOLN.
LORD ABERGAVENNY.
LORD SANDS.
SIR THOMAS LOVELL.
SIR HENRY GUILDFORD.
SIR ANTHONY DENNY.
SIR NICHOLAS VAUX.
Secretaries to Wolsey.
CROMWELL,Servant to Wolsey.
GRIFFITH,Gentleman-Usher to Queen Katharine.
Three Gentlemen.
Garter King-at-Arms.
DOCTOR BUTTS,Physician to the King.
Surveyor to the Duke of Buckingham.
BRANDON,and a Sergeant-at-Arms.
Door-keeper of the Council Chamber.
Porter, and his Man.
Page to Gardiner.
A Crier.
QUEEN KATHARINE,Wife to King Henry; afterwards divorced.
ANNE BULLEN,her Maid of Honour; afterwards Queen.
An Old Lady, Friend to Anne Bullen.
PATIENCE,Woman to Queen Katharine.
Several Lords and Ladies in the Dumb Shows; Women attending upon the Queen; Spirits which appear to her; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants.

Scene.—Chiefly in London and Westminster; once, at Kimbolton.