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Characters: Henry VIII

Characters: Henry VIII

King Henry VIII.

Cardinal Wolsey: King Henry’s advisor.

Cardinal Campeius: The pope’s emissary from Rome.

Capuchius: A Spanish ambassador from Emperor Charles V.

Cranmer: The archbishop of Canterbury.

Duke of Norfolk: One of the nobles surrounding the king’s court.

Duke of Buckingham: An enemy of Cardinal Wolsey.

Duke of Suffolk: Another of the nobles surrounding the king’s court.

Earl of Surrey: The duke of Buckingham’s son-in-law.

Lord Chamberlain:

Lord Chancellor

Gardiner: Secretary to the king, afterwards the bishop of Winchester.

Bishop of Lincoln: King Henry’s confessor.

Cromwell: A servant to Wolsey.

Griffith: Queen Katherine’s gentleman usher.

Doctor Butts: Physician to King Henry.

Queen Katherine: The daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and wife of Henry VIII.

Anne Bullen: A knight’s daughter, Anne Bullen is a lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine, later marries King Henry and gives birth to the future Queen Elizabeth.

Old Lady: A friend to Anne Bullen

Patience: A woman to Queen Katherine