Henry VIII and His Court
 
 
 
HENRY VIII
From the Portrait by Holbein, at Warwick Castle
 
 
 
HENRY VIII
AND HIS COURT
 
BY
HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE
 
WITH FOUR FULL-PAGE PLATES
 
SIXTH EDITION
 
 
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1911
 
 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
 
 
INTRODUCTORY
In these notes, written as a holiday task, it is not intended to give anexhaustive record of the events of Henry’s reign; but rather to offer animpression of the more prominent personages in Shakespeare’s play; andperhaps to aid the playgoer in a fuller appreciation of the conditionswhich governed their actions.
Marienbad, 1910
 
 
CONTENTS
 PAGE
King Henry VIII.1
Wolsey21
Katharine47
Anne Boleyn55
Divorce63
The Reformation77
Manners and Customs83
A Note on the Production of Henry VIII. at His Majesty’s Theatre87
An Apology and a Footnote103
Chronology of Public Events during the Lifetime of Henry VIII.111
Shakespearean Plays Produced under Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s Management at the Haymarket Theatre115
 
 
LIST OF PLATES
Henry VIII. Frontispiece
Cardinal Wolsey Facingpage42
Katharine of Aragon ...                        
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