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
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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."