This is an annotated list of the video clips available for Shakespeare's Henry VIII, listed in the order in which the scenes appear in the original play. To access individual clips, select the production from the sidebar. The cast is listed in order of speaking part. Clip 1 - Buckingham accused (4:13) Act I, Scene 2: From "Stand forth, and with bold spirit relate" to "He's traitor to the height". Cast: Timothy West (Cardinal Wolsey), John Stride (King Henry VIII), David Troughton (Surveyor), Claire Bloom (Queen Katharine) Summary: The Duke of Buckingham's surveyor gives evidence against his master in front of King Henry VIII, Queen Katharine and Cardinal Wolsey. The manipulative Wolsey is determined to prove the innocent Buckingham a traitor, and presents and shapes the surveyor's testimony in such a way as to make his guilt seem unchallengeable. Henry is convinced, and storms out vowing vengeance on the "giant traitor" Buckingham. Clip 2 - Katharine's plea (3:48) Act II, Scene 4: from "You have here, lady, and of your choice, these reverend fathers" to "Disdainful to be tried by't: 'tis not well". Cast: Timothy West (Cardinal Wolsey), Michael Poole (Cardinal Campeius), Claire Bloom (Queen Katharine), John Stride (King Henry VIII) Summary: During the proceedings that will result in the King's divorce, Queen Katharine angrily refuses to allow Cardinal Wolsey to represent her, denounces him and insists that the Pope hears her case. Wolsey calmly denies her allegations. Clip 3 - Defying the bishops (3:59) Act V, Scene 3: from "Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven in daily thanks" to "So I grow stronger, you more honour gain.". Cast: Peter Vaughan (Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester), John Stride (King Henry VIII), Oliver Cotton (Earl of Surrey), Jack May (Lord Chancellor), Ronald Pickup (Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury) Summary: A scene often cut from productions that stress the play's pageantry, it is nonetheless of crucial importance in establishing Henry VIII's relationship with the church following his divorce from Katharine. Here, the King angrily contradicts Bishop Gardiner's condemnation of Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and then makes it clear that he favours the latter by asking him to perform the baptism of his new child, the future Queen Elizabeth I. Michael Brooke
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