The Six Wives of Henry VIII

  • Drama
1/1/1970
90
TV-PG

Storyline

Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.

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  • Geronimo1967

    Unlike many other depictions of the life of the eponymous English King, this one actually features a great deal more meat on the bones of his first marriage to the long-suffering Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie). Brought to England to marry his elder brother (Prince Arthur, who died young) she is kept hanging about, living in a form of palatial poverty unsure of her status with Henry VII and having no status at all in Spain. Will she be repudiated? Well Crosbie gives us a solid start as she portrays a woman of decency and piety who had no intention of going quietly upon the arrival of Anne Boleyn (Dorothy Tutin) who led the King (Keith Michell) a merry dance for a thousand days, before her only bearing a daughter (Elizabeth) proved ins...

    June 2, 2024

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