Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England and his reign have been depicted in art, film, literature, music, opera, plays, and television
Art
- Lucas de Heere: The Family of Henry VIII
- Hans Eworth: Henry VIII (c. 1545)
- Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII, The Dynasty Portrait, and Henry VIII and the Barber-Surgeons (1540)
- Lucas Horenbout: Untitled Miniature of King Henry (c. 1526)
- Daniel Maclise: Henry Meeting Anne at Hampton Court
- Guido Mazzoni: Untitled Bust of Prince Henry (c. 1498)
- Joos van Cleve: Henry VIII (c. 1535)
- Willard Wigan: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Film
- Anna Boleyn: Emil Jannings
- Anne of the Thousand Days: Richard Burton
- Book Revue: Mel Blanc
- Cardinal Wolsey (1912): Tefft Johnson
- Carry On Henry: Sid James
- Crossed Swords: Charlton Heston
- God's Outlaw: Keith Barron
- Henry VIII (1911): Arthur Bourchier
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives: Keith Michell
- Inside Llewyn Davis: Llewyn performs a song about Henry and Jane Seymour for Grossman
- Intolerable Cruelty: Miles references Henry
- A Man for All Seasons: Robert Shaw
- Monarch (2000): T.P. McKenna
- The Other Boleyn Girl: Eric Bana
- Pearls of the Crown: Lyn Harding
- The Prince and the Pauper: Montagu Love
- The Prince and the Pauper (1957): Douglas Campbell
- The Private Life of Henry VIII: Charles Laughton
- The Sword and the Rose: James Robertson Justice
- Tower of London: Ralph Forbes
- Tudor Rose: Frank Cellier
- U.F.O.: Rusty Goffe
- When Knighthood Was in Flower: Lyn Harding
- Young Bess: Charles Laughton
See also: King Henry VIII Character Page
Literature
- Suzannah Dunn: The Confessions of Katherine Howard, The Queen of Subtleties, and The Sixth Wife
- Carolly Erickson: The First Elizabeth, Mistress Anne, and The Last Wife of Henry VIII
- Antonia Fraser: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1993)
- Margaret George: The Autobiography of Henry VIII
- Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
- Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Morland Dynasty, and "The Dark Rose"
- Virginia Henley: A Woman of Passion
- Eleanor Hibbert: 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
- Ivery Kirk, Luna Teague: One Does Not Simply Walk into Tudor
- Charles Major: When Knighthood Was in Flower
- Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
- C. J. Sansom: Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign
- Mark Twain: The Prince and the Pauper
- Alison Weir: My Lady Elizabeth, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Music
- Bert Lee: "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" co-written with R. P. Weston; recorded by Stanley Holloway, The Kingston Trio, The Barron Knights, and Rudy Vallee
- David Munrow: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (soundtrack album)
- Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace
- R. P. Weston: "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"; recorded by Harry Champion, Joe Brown, and Herman's Hermits
Opera
Plays
- Maxwell Anderson: Anne of the Thousand Days, originally played by Rex Harrison
- Robert Bolt: A Man for All Seasons (1960), originally played by Richard Leech
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca: La cisma de Inglaterra/The Schism in England
- Mike Poulton: Bring Up the Bodies, and Wolf Hall
- William Shakespeare: The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth
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)
- Histeria!: "The Terrible Tudors" (1998)
- The Madness of Henry VIII: National Geographic Channel (Dan Astileanu)
- 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 Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001) (Chris Larkin and Andy Rashleigh)
- The Tudors (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
- Horrible Histories (Ben Willbond/Rowan Atkinson)
- Wolf Hall (Damian Lewis)
See also
Further reading
Sue Parrill and William B. Robison, The Tudors on Film and Television (McFarland, 2013). ISBN 978-0786458912.
