Henry VIII (film)

1911 film by Will Barker

Henry VIII

Directed by| Will Barker
Written by|

* William Shakespeare (play)
* John Fletcher (play)
* Herbert Tree

Produced by|

* Will Barker
* Herbert Tree

Starring|

* Arthur Bourchier
* Herbert Tree
* Violet Vanbrugh

Cinematography| Will Barker
Edited by| Will Barker

Production
company

Barker Films

Distributed by| Globe Films

Release date

* 1911 (1911)

Country| United Kingdom
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

Henry VIII is a 1911 British silent historical film directed by Will Barker and starring Arthur Bourchier, Herbert Tree and Violet Vanbrugh.[1] It is based on William Shakespeare and John Fletcher's play Henry VIII. Tree was paid £1,000 for his role as Cardinal Wolsey which was revealed as part of the film's publicity.[2] The writer Louis N. Parker was employed as an adviser on historical accuracy.

The film's success sparked a mini-boom in Shakespeare adaptations.[3]

## Cast

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* Arthur Bourchier as Henry VIII
* Herbert Tree as Cardinal Wolsey
* Violet Vanbrugh as Queen Katharine
* Laura Cowie as Anne Boleyn
* S.A. Cookson as Cardinal Campeius
* Charles Fuller as Cranmer
* A.E. George as Duke of Norfolk
* Basil Gill as Duke of Buckingham
* Edward O'Neill as Duke of Suffolk
* Gerald Lawrence as Earl of Surrey
* Edward Sass as Lord Chamberlain
* Francis Chamier as Capucius
* Clarence Derwent as Lord Abergavenny
* Walter Creighton as Lord Sands
* Edmund Gurney as Sir Henry Guildford
* Henry Hewitt as Sir Thomas Lovell
* Charles James as Sir Nicholas Faux
* Reginald Owen as Thomas Cromwell
* Henry Morrell as Griffith
* Cyril Sworder as First Gentleman
* Charles Howard as Second Gentleman
* Clifford Heatherley as Garter King at Arms
* Acton Bond as Surveyor to Duke of Buckingham
* Adelaide Calvert as Old Lady
* Lila Barclay as Patience
* Arthur Gaskill as Sergeant-at-Arms
* W.B. Abingdon as Servant
* Edmund Goulding as A Crier
* James Smythson as Scribe
* Ross Shore as Jester
* Micheál MacLiammóir as Page

## References

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1. ^ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. 3 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2015 - via National Library of Australia.
2. ^ Oakley p.58
3. ^ Macnab p.19

## Bibliography

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* Macnab, Geoffrey. Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema. Cassell, 2000.
* Oakley, Charles. Where We Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry. Routledge, 2013.

## External links

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* Henry VIII at IMDb

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William Shakespeare's Henry VIII

Characters|

* Henry VIII
* Cardinal Wolsey
* Queen Katherine
* Anne Bullen
* Duke of Buckingham
* Thomas Cranmer
* Stephen Gardiner
* Lord Chamberlain
* Duke of Norfolk
* Duke of Suffolk
* Earl of Surrey
* Cardinal Campeius
* Capucius
* Thomas Cromwell
* Lord Sands
* Lord Abergavenny
* Lord Chancellor
* Bishop of Lincoln
* Thomas Lovell
* Henry Guildford
* Nicholas Vaux
* Anthony Denny
* Dr. Butts
* Garter King-of-Arms

Sources|

* Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe (1558)
* Holinshed's Chronicles (1577)

Adaptations|

* Henry VIII (1911)
* The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight (1979)

Related|

* John Fletcher
* Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
* Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn
* Globe Theatre

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