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Guardian: Henry VIII and the Royal Wedding Planner – review
[The Guardian] - Julia Gwynne plays Jane Packer, lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's wives, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and astute witness to the conveyer belt of women brought to the king's bed in the hope of producing a male heir. Directed by Andy Burden
Sins and secrets of the medieval kings
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - “If you remember my love in your prayers,” the king wrote to his future wife, Anne Boleyn, “as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten.” There are two odd things about this message. One is that it is in French.
Guardian: This week's new theatre and dance
[The Guardian] - Before those comes Julia Gwynne and Andy Burden's show about Henry VIII told through the eyes of Lady Rochfort, wife to Anne Boleyn's doomed brother, who had a seat at the tables of power at court and a place in the bedchambers, too.
Google News: The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, Fourth Estate, RRP£16.99, 450 pages
[Financial Times] - Continuing with the story of Henry VIII's notorious advisor, Thomas Cromwell, she now focuses on one of England's most infamous historical episodes: the fall of Anne Boleyn. In his latest novel, the Nobel Laureate explores the life of Irish
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