Henry VIII

Press night

15.07.1949

Venue

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Role and name

• Cranmer

  Amyes, Julian

• Cardinal Wolsey

  Andrews, Harry

• Lord Sands

  Bates, Michael

• Bishop of Lincoln

  Bateson, Timothy

• Unnamed parts

  Bennett, Jill

• Old Lady

  Clark, Wynne,

• Prologue

  Clark, Wynne,

• Unnamed parts

  Courtenay, Margaret,

• Sir Henry Guildford

  Curtis, Geoffrey,

• Cardinal Campeius

  Dare, Richard,

• Unnamed parts

  Dowell, Robin,

• Unnamed parts

  Dunbar, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Fox, Jena,

• Unnamed parts

  Gay, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Graham, Alexander,

• Cromwell

  Guard, Philip,

• Duke of Norfolk

  Gwynne, Michael,

• Sir Thomas Lovell

  Hansard, Paul,

• Gardiner

  Hardwick, Paul

• Griffith

  Hardy, Robert,

• Unnamed parts

  Heritage, Leslie,

• Unnamed parts

  Herrington, Keith,

• Surveyor

  Kasket, Harold,

• Earl of Surrey

  Lander, Eric,

• Messenger

  Lytton, David,

• Anne Bullen

  Michael, Kathleen,

• Sergeant at Arms

  Mitchell, Norman,

• Capucius

  Money, John,

• Unnamed parts

  Munday, Penelope,

• Unnamed parts

  Norris, Peter,

• Lord Abergavenny

  Purdom, Edmund,

• Duke of Buckingham

  Quartermaine, Leon,

• Henry VIII

  Quayle, Anthony

• Gentleman 1

  Rose, George,

• Porter

  Rose, George,

• Unnamed parts

  Sandys, Pat,

• Duke of Suffolk

  Shaw, Robert,

• Porter's Man

  Shuttleworth, Bertram,

• Lord Chamberlain

  Squire, William,

• Unnamed parts

  Stewart, John,

• Patience

  Whitehouse, Lorna,

• Unnamed parts

  Wroe, David,

• Queen Katherine

  Wynyard, Diana,

Creative

Role and name

• Music by

  Davie, Cedric Thorpe

• Choreographer

  Grant, Pauline,

• Director

  Guthrie, Tyrone

• Designer

  Moiseiwitsch, Tanya,

• Playwright

  Shakespeare, William