Saturday 13th July 3pm Tickets £8 and £6 (concs) Wadham Players present In the garden of 10 minutes walk from Chingford United Reformed Church Chingford Station Buxton Road Buses: 97, 179, 212, 313, 379, 385, Anne Boleyn Chingford E4 7DT 397, 444 a play by Howard Brenton
Sunday 14th July 3pm Barnsbury Wood Nature Reserve Crescent Street (off Huntingdon St) Anne Boleyn makes religion sexy - and doctrinal disputes bloody good fun. Islington N1 1BT --Time Out Commissioned by Shakespeare’s Globe, and premiered there in 2010, Howard Brenton’s play portrays Anne Boleyn (mother of Elizabeth I) as a Tickets £8 and £6 (concs) force in the political and religious in-fighting and influenced Henry VIII (who Nearest station: doted on her) thereby unleashing the protestant reformation. Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Buses: Saturday 13th July 3pm Sunday 14th July 3pm 17, 91, 153, 259, 274 In the garden of Barnsbury Wood Chingford United Reformed Church Nature Reserve Buxton Road Crescent Street Chingford E4 7DT (off Huntingdon Street) Islington N1 1BT
BRING YOUR OWN SEATING CAST Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn (1501-1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536. After the coronation of her daughter Elizabeth, Anne was Anne Boleyn Emalouise Bewsey venerated as a martyr and heroine of the English Reformation. Elizabeth had no King Henry VIII Stephen Balchin heirs, ending the Tudor period, and was succeeded by the Scottish monarch, James VI (great-grandson of Henry VIII’s older sister), becoming James I of Thomas Cromwell Ron Atkinson England and James VI of Scotland, the first monarch to style himself “King of Great Britain”. Cardinal Wolsey Simon Billig The play switches between the viewpoint of James (with Anne’s ghost) and that Lady Rochford June Gray of Henry while he was courting Anne.
Lady Celia Effie Davis In the play, James finds evidence that Anne was a religious conspirator, in love with Henry but also with the most dangerous ideas of the day. Their marriage Lady Jane Emily Bootle started the reformation and the break between the Church of England and Rome - with the Church of England coming under the King’s control. How Anne Simpkin Elaine Elliott may have shown Henry how to divorce his wife Catherine and break with the Pope is explored. Sloop Rose Floyd
Anne was a Protestant, a reformer and an admirer of William Tyndale. She had William Tyndale Colin Bootle a copy of Tyndale’s translation of the Bible and his explosive book, The King James Mark Simons Obedience of a Christian Man. Anne marked up passages for Henry to read, and he commented: “This book is for me and all kings to read.” Robert Cecil Michael Eggleton Anne’s downfall was officially high treason - now considered trumped up. The George Villiers Felix Shotter play shows the possibility that Sir Thomas Cromwell (a Protestant and ally with Anne) had diverted riches from the dissolution of the monasteries - and that Parrot Effie Davis Anne needed to be stopped before she told all to the King.
Dean Lancelot Chris Millington The portrayal of James by Howard Brenton may be surprising. However James Andrewes was well known for having had a series of beautiful male favourites and showing Doctor John Reynolds Colin Bootle no interest in women - other than marrying (but not living with) Anne of Denmark to produce heirs. Henry Barrow Simon Billig
Country Women Barbara Humm
Emily Bootle DON’T MISS! DIRECTOR Michael Michael
COSTUMES Chrissy Fryers Old Tyme Music Hall - Friday 4/10/19 and Saturday 5/10/19 at the Memorial Hall, South Woodford E18 2PA SOUND Terry Perkins Christmas Pantomime - December (see website for details) ACTORS’ Doreen Friend ASSISTANT PROPS Simon Billig Visit our new website www.wadhamplayers.co.uk for latest details