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Henry VIII (2010)

Find out what the critics thought of Mark Rosenblatt's production of Henry VIII with the following reviews.

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• The Daily Telegraph (Charles Spencer) – “Tempting fate with a tyrant”

• The Evening Standard (Fiona Mountford) – “There’s religious politicking aplenty and marital intrigue too”

• The Financial Times (Sarah Hemming) – “An unseemly battle for power”

• The Guardian (Michael Billington) – “Puppets and politics make for shaky marriage in this otherwise fiery Henry VIII”

• The Independent (Paul Taylor) – “A blaze of mitres, ivory silk, boy choristers in the gallery, and trumpet acclaim for the culminating baptism”

• The Stage (Ben Dowell) – “Miranda Raison’s Anne Boleyn, a thoroughly whitewashed figure of grace and serenity on the page, here given a sexy impishness”

• The Sunday Telegraph (Tim Walker) – “The power and the glory”

• The Sunday Times (Dominic Maxwell) – “After 500 years Hal’s back and bluff”

• Time Out (Sam Marlowe) – “Heads will roll”

• What’s On Stage (Maxwell Cooter) – “It’s a touching portrayal of a man, still in love with his wife, yet also lusting for Anne Boleyn”