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La cisma de Inglaterra (c.1627), Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- Scene
This is a three-act comedia.
- Staging
The action takes place in London, beginning with Henry VIII asleep over a writing table. Cardinal Wolsey delivers some letters to him, and the King places one of them, the one from Martin Luther, on his head. Jane Seymour sings a song in the second act, and Anne Boleyn dances. In the third act, the Queen has relocated to a castle outside London, and there she is in possession of a gold chain. She also mentions the flowers that surround her in that new location, as Margaret sings.
- Cast number
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Minimum Maximum 6 males 10 males 5 females 8 females 11 (total) 18 (total) - Characters
- HENRY VIII, The King
- CARDINAL WOLSEY
- CHARLES, French Ambassador
- THOMAS BOLEYN, An old man, Anne Boleyn’s father
- DIONÍS, Charles’s Servant
- PASQUÍN, Comic Servant
- CAPTAIN
- CATHERINE, The Queen
- ANNE BOLEYN
- MARY, Princess
- MARGARET POLE, Noblewoman
- JANE SEYMOUR, Noblewoman
- MUSICIANS
- MEMBERS OF THE COURT
- SOLDIERS
Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 14 March 2011.
