Book cover for The Life of King Henry VIII: All is True by Hannah Khalil

The Life of King Henry VIII: All is True

2022 Released
120 Pages
1-2 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
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Methuen DramaISBN 9781350347564

'Who knows yet
But from this Lady may proceed a gem
To lighten all this isle'

You know the story: a King who turns his country upside down to try and secure a male heir. But it's never been told this way before.

A Queen fights for justice. A Lady provokes reformation. But in the absence of a son, can
a Princess change the future?

See the story of Henry VIII from a female perspective: this exploration of love, lineage and power by Shakespeare's Globe Writer in Residence (2022) Hannah Khalil unfolds in a new way.

Hannah Khalil

Hannah Khalilis currently Resident Writer at Shakespeare's Globe. Henry VIII is part of their 2022 summer season and her critically acclaimed re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Fir Treewhich premiered in 2021, will return for their 2022 winter season. Hannah's other theatre commissions include new work for the RSC, Soho Theatre, The Kiln and Mosaic/Fishamble. Previous work for stage includes A Museum in Baghdad, which opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre in 2019 directed by Erica Whyman, Interference for The National Theatre of Scotland, The Scar Test for Soho Theatre and Scenes from 68* Yearsfor the Arcola. Her work is published by Methuen Drama. Hannah has also written numerous radio plays, including The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers and The Deportation Room all for BBC Radio 4. Television work includes multiple episodes of the Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks. Her short film, The Record, won the Tommy Vine screenplay award at the Underwire film festival, and went on to be made. It was also selected at London Palestine Film Festival. Hannah was named Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University in 2021 and is a Creative Fellow of the Samuel Beckett Archive for 2021/2022.

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