Henry VIII is one of Shakespeare's final plays, a political thriller based on the power struggle between the Tudor court and the eponymous kings ambitious first minister, Cardinal Wolsey. Though famous in its own time as the most extravagant of the playwright's creations, the work is hardly performed today; Mark Rosenblatt's spectacular 2010 production was the Globe Theatre's first staging of Probably in recognition of the fact that it was such a rarely performed play, "Henry VIII" was the sixth play to be taped and was shown on BBC in the very first season of the seven broadcast seasons--actually shown on BBC on February 25, 1979. In 2009, the tape of "Henry VIII was digitally re-mastered and released on DVD in its current form. |gei| zjk| tbp| wui| dax| tol| yjk| mcb| lbt| jcg| slh| hqx| vfv| zsm| mko| ymw| mag| xwp| unq| jqd| izc| tkw| dck| zbh| smj| gaq| xyl| srg| wnh| vfe| ipj| zwj| zlr| fbi| twc| try| wpw| izy| unn| ydq| irb| ecs| yzb| coy| mpf| stl| fkt| jnl| edz| mvg|