![]() ![]() ![]() Cranmer prophesies marvelous reigns for her and her unnamed successor, James. Anne gives birth to a daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth. ![]() Katherine also sickens and dies.Cranmer, the new archbishop of Canterbury, comes under attack, but receives the king’s support. Meanwhile, Henry discovers Wolsey’s treachery against him. The king secretly marries Anne and then has her crowned queen. Wolsey gives a party at which Henry meets Anne.Henry falls in love with Anne and seeks to divorce Katherine, but Katherine refuses to be judged by Wolsey and other church officials. Queen Katherine takes a stand against Wolsey. Wolsey arrests Buckingham and accuses him of treason testimony from a bribed witness leads to Buckingham’s execution. Entire Play Two stories dominate Henry VIII: the fall of Cardinal Wolsey, Henry’s powerful advisor, and Henry’s quest to divorce Queen Katherine, who has not borne him a male heir, and marry Anne Bullen (Boleyn).First, the Duke of Buckingham questions Wolsey’s costly staging of a failed meeting with the French king. ![]()
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