ROLES: Henry VIII: King of England. Passionate, short-tempered, and easily led, King Henry has been married for 17 years to Queen Catherine, and they only have one child, a girl. Henry is desperate for a male heir when he meets and falls in love with Anne Boleyn. (Note: Gets his pash on with Anne, so take that into account.) Main role. Cardinal Wolsey: Cardinal Wolsey is sick of your shit. He is getting old. He is powerful. He basically enjoys eating, trying to be Pope, and running the country for Henry because Henrys too distracted by jousting and hunting. But when Henry wants a divorce, Wolsey, for the first time, cant provide Henry with what he wants. Awkward. Main role. Thomas Cromwell: Supports Wolsey, but steps up to be Henrys right-hand man after Wolsey gets rolled. (Wolled? Rollsey? Heh.) Cromwell is a man of few loyalties, but many layers. He is a surprising ally to Anne, but his main concern in a time of upheaval is always for himself. Main role. King James I: If the Mad Hatter got drunk and slept with Queenie from Blackadder, you might get James I. Flamboyant, confident, and witty, he enjoys winding up his minions. He becomes fascinated with Anne after finding her coronation gown and Bible in an old trunk, and finds many things in common with her. (Role involves kissing a dude once, but dont worry, no tongues. Hes basically just messing with him.) Scoooottish! Main role. Lady Jane Seymour: Henrys next wife after Anne. Innocent and sweet lady of the court, who is a good friend to Anne and tries to help her as much as possible, but is also aware that saying no to Henry doesnt bode well for... well, anyone. Smaller role. Lady Celia: Another friend of Annes. Kind and supportive whenever she can. Is thankfully spared the attentions of King Henry. This probably meant she lived a long life. Smaller role. Robert Cecil: King James secretary, up with whose shit he is paid well to put. Deadpan, gets stuff done. A bit uptight, but its probably a side effect of working in close proximity to Scottish crazy (more intense than regular English crazy). Medium role. George Villiers: Renamed Steamy by King James. Is kinda in love with him. Very handsome, frequently gets teased and objectified. Scores a kiss from the mighty King. Gets drunk. Medium role. Parrot: Servant of Cecil. Hes pretty awesome, gets some sick burns in. Small role, but whoever plays him will also play Simpkin. Simpkin: Cromwells man. He and Sloop are awesome; no one else might notice, but trust me, they do. They are also extremely intimidating and threatening when they need to be, like when they need to scare innocent ladies of the court and threaten them with jail. Medium role. Sloop: Wolseys servant, then Cromwells. The Rosencrantz to Simpkins Guilenstern. Can be played by a guy or a girl. Medium role. William Tyndale: A Protestant thinker whose books are banned from Britian. Annes a big fan, and introduces Henry to his work. Anne and William have clandestine meetings in the forest to conspire the Reformation in England. Dean Lancelot Andrewes: A dean of the Church of England (Westmister Abbey, to be precise), brought in to help James translate his own definitive edition of the Bible. Gets to argue a lot. Smaller role. Dr John Reynolds: a Puritan and scholar from Oxford, also brought in to establish the new Bible. Clashes with Dean Andrewes. Small role, but he gets what is, in my opinion, the best line in the play. Henry Barrow: an extreme Puritan who Reynolds brings along to the proceeding and probably regrets afterwards, because hes a twatwaffle. Wont reason with anyone. Can be played by a guy or girl. Small role. There are also a couple of tiny roles of country people and followers of Reynolds and Andrewes that have very few lines.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:30:59 +0000
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