Henry VIII (1936)
by William Shakespeare
The 1936 production of Henry VIII at the Open Air Theatre was directed by Sydney Carroll and featured Lyn Harding as Henry VIII and a young Vivien Leigh as Anne Boleyn.
The cast
Gyles Isham
Duke of Buckingham
W E Holloway
Duke of Norfolk
George Hagan
Lord Abergavenny/Scribe/Capucious
Baliol Holloway
Wolsey
Christopher Casson
Cromwell
Hugh Thurston
Sergeant/Sir Nicholas Vaux
Lyn Harding
King Henry VIII
John Abbott
Sir Thomas Lovell
Jack Carlton
Duke of Suffolk
Clement Hamelin
Surveyor/Crier
Lawrence Baskcomb
Lord Chamberlain
Valentine Rooke
Lord Sands
Gordon Edwards
Sir Henry Guildford
C N Anson
Campeius
M. Acton-Bond
Wolsey's Servant
Kenneth Evans
First Gentleman
John Lonquet
Second Gentleman
Ion Swinley
Earl of Surrey
Franklyn Kelsey
Griffiths
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Queen Katherine
Vivien Leigh
Anne Boleyn
Hilda Trevelyan
Old Lady
Lindisfarne Hamilton
Patience
Marjorie Field
Premiere Danseuse
Creative team
Programmes and Marketing
Misc Images
Reviews
Clive MacManus
"Miss Vivien Leigh is animated porcelain as Anne Boleyn."
Clive MacManus
"Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry is a passionate, handsome Catherine of Aragon. Her outburst against Wolsey is a powerful climax to a scene splendidly developed."