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Henry VIII (play) facts for kids

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William Blake 'Queen Katharine's Dream', illustration to 'Henry VIII' 1809
Queen Katherine's Dream by William Blake

Henry VIII is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a history play. Shakespeare's sources were Holinshed's Chronicles and The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe. The play was first acted between 1612 and 1613. It was probably first printed in 1623 in the First Folio.


Images for kids

  • Second Folio Title Page of Henry VIII

    The first page of The Famous Hiſtory of the Life of King Henry Eight, printed in the Second Folio of 1632

  • William Blake, Queen Katherine's Dream, c. 1825, NGA 11638

    Queen Katherine's Dream by William Blake, c. 1825. NGA 11638, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

  • 1577 printing of Holinshed's Chronicles

    The first edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, printed in 1577.

  • John Fletcher (1)

    John Fletcher, probably the author of more than half of the play

  • John Lowin

    John Lowin, possibly the first actor to play Henry

See also

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