Drama on 3 - Henry VIII

A rare chance to hear William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's history play depicting the life of Henry VIII, broadcast to mark the 500th anniversary in 2009 of the king's accession to the throne. It tells the story of the king's struggle to have his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled and the catastrophic fall of the all-powerful Cardinal Wolsey. Henry VIII ...... Matthew Marsh Queen Katherine ...... Yolanda Vazquez Cardinal Wolsey ...... Patrick Malahide Duke of Norfolk ...... Joseph Mydell Thomas Cranmer ...... Adam Godley Duke of Suffolk ...... Stuart McQuarrie Old Lady ...... Ann Beach Anne Boleyn ...... Donnla Hughes Buckingham/Cromwell ...... Paul Rider Chamberlain, Capuchius ...... Chris Pavlo Abergavenny, Surrey ...... Stephen Critchlow Surveyor, Gardiner ...... Gunnar Cauthery Sands, Campeius ...... Jonathan Tafler Lovell, Griffith ...... Dan Starkey Princess Elizabeth ...... Sonny Crowe Other parts played by Jill Cardo, Robert Lonsdale, Manjeet Mann, Inam Mirza, Malcolm Tierney. Pipe and tabor played by Bill Tuck. Adapted for radio and directed by Jeremy Mortimer.