Cultural depictions of Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII of England and his reign has been depicted in art, film, literature, music, opera, plays, and television

PLEASE NOTE: Those with Wikipedia articles are cited only

Art

• Henry VIII (c. 1545) by Hans Eworth
• The Family of Henry VIII by Lucas de Heere
• Untitled Miniature of King Henry (c. 1526) by Lucas Horenbout
• Henry VIII (c. 1535) by Joos van Cleve
• Portrait of Henry VIII, The Dynasty Portrait, and Henry VIII and the Barber-Surgeons (1540) by Hans Holbein the Younger
• Henry Meeting Anne at Hampton Court by Daniel Maclise
• Untitled Bust of Prince Henry (c. 1498) by Guido Mazzoni
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Willard Wigan

See also: Tudor England Images: Henry VIII See also: King Henry VIII in Contemporary Portraits

Film

• Arthur Bourchier in Henry VIII (1911)
• Tefft Johnson in Cardinal Wolsey (1912)
• Emil Jannings in Anna Boleyn (1920)
• Lyn Harding in When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) and Les Perles de la couronne (1937)
• Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and Young Bess (1953)
• Frank Cellier in Tudor Rose (1936)
• Montagu Love in The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
• Ralph Forbes in Tower of London (1939)
• Mel Blanc in Book Revue (1946)
• James Robertson Justice in The Sword and the Rose (1953)
• Douglas Campbell in The Prince and the Pauper (1957)
• Robert Shaw in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• Richard Burton in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• Sid James in Carry On Henry (1971)
• Keith Michell in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
• Charlton Heston in Crossed Swords (1977)
• Keith Barron in God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale (1986)
• Rusty Goffe in U.F.O. (1993)
• Eric Bana in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

See also: King Henry VIII Character Page

Literature

• To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Sandra Byrd
• The Confessions of Katherine Howard, The Queen of Subtleties, and The Sixth Wife by Suzannah Dunn
• The First Elizabeth, Mistress Anne, and The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson
• The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
• The Morland Dynasty "The Dark Rose" by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
• When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
• Shadow of the Pomegranate, Katharine the Virgin Widow, King's Secret Matter, Murder Most Royal, Mary, Queen of France, St. Thomas's Eve, and The Sixth Wife by Jean Plaidy
• Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign by C. J. Sansom
• The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
• My Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
• A Woman of Passion by Virginia Henley

Music

• "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" by R. P. Weston; recorded by Harry Champion, Joe Brown (1910), and Herman's Hermits (1965)
• Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) by David Munrow
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) by Rick Wakeman contains musical compositions based on his six wives.
  • The live version of the album, The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace, recorded in 2009, contains a new track "Defender of the Faith" which is a track based on Henry VIII himself.

Opera

• Henri VIII by Camille Saint-Saëns

Plays

• The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth by William Shakespeare
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1948) by Maxwell Anderson, originally played by Rex Harrison
• A Man for All Seasons (1960) by Robert Bolt, originally played by Richard Leech
• La cisma de Inglaterra / The Schism in England by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Television

• Bewitched: "How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII, Parts 1 & 2" (Ronald Long)
• Disneyland: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Paul Rogers)
• DuPont Show of the Month: "The Prince and the Pauper" (Douglas Campbell)
• Henry VIII (John Stride)
• Henry VIII (Ray Winstone, Sid Mitchell)
• Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant (Laurence Spellman)
• I Dream of Jeannie: "The Girl Who Never Had a Birthday, Part 2" (Jack Fife)
• A Man for All Seasons (Martin Chamberlain)
• National Geographic's The Madness of Henry VIII (Dan Astileanu)
• Histeria!: "The Terrible Tudors" (1998)
• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (Brian Blessed)
• Omnibus: "The Trial of Anne Boleyn" (Rex Harrison)
• The Other Boleyn Girl (Jared Harris)
• The Prince and the Pauper (2000) (Alan Bates)
• Relic Hunter: "The Royal Ring" (Michael Hofland)
• The Simpsons: "Margical History Tour"
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Keith Michell)
• The Tudors (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)

See also: King Henry VIII Character Page