Anne of the Thousand Days

 

Based on Maxwell Anderson's 1948 play, Anne of the Thousand Days concerns the mess that surrounded King Henry VIII's decision to rid himself of his first wife, Catherine of Aragon and marry the young Anne Boleyn. Anglophiles know what happened next: Henry solved his problems with the Vatican's condemnation of divorce by having himself named head of the Church of England, while Anne's perceived problem conceiving a male heir made her vulnerable to plots by the nefarious likes of Oliver Cromwell. Though the story is ultimately about Anne, a naive young woman who prepares herself to navigate some of the dangers of Henry's court.

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