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Cultural depictions of Catherine of Aragon

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Dame Ellen Terry as Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII. She has been portrayed in film, television, plays, novels, songs, poems, and other creative forms many times, and as a result, she has stayed very much in popular memory.[1]

In art and media

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The first episode of The Six Wives of Henry VIII, is told from her point of view (and in which she is portrayed by Annette Crosbie). Charlotte Hope plays her in the STARZ mini-series The Spanish Princess, which is based on the book The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory. William Shakespeare's play Henry VIII succeeds in recreating with great accuracy Catherine's statement about the legitimacy of her marriage at the court in Blackfriars before King Henry, and Shakespeare's portrayal of Catherine is remarkably sympathetic; however, most of the rest of the play is an attempt to absolve many, especially Henry VIII, and the timing of key incidents (including Catherine's death) is changed and other events are avoided (the play makes Henry nearly an innocent pawn in the hands of a dastardly Cardinal Wolsey, and the play stops short of Anne Boleyn's execution).

In January 2013, the National Portrait Gallery in London revealed that its curators had recently discovered that a portrait at Lambeth Palace, formerly believed to have been a portrait of Catherine Parr, in fact depicts Catherine of Aragon. The National Portrait Gallery announced that the painting, which had hung in a private sitting room of the Archbishop of Canterbury since at least the 19th century, would be paired with a portrait of Henry VIII already in the museum's collection, and would remain at the museum on loan.[2]

Music and rhymes

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Books

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Catherine is the main character in:

Catherine is a character in:

Theatre, film, stage, and TV

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Catherine was portrayed by:

  • Jessica Ransom in Horrible Histories (2015 TV Series).

References

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  1. ^ Weir 1991, p. 123.
  2. ^ Brown, Mark (24 January 2013). "National Portrait Gallery reunites Henry VIII with Catherine of Aragon". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ^ Weir 1991, p. 78.
  4. ^ Morton 1955, p. 35.
  5. ^ Sigman 2011, p. 135.
  6. ^ Boswell, James. Life of Samuel Johnson. May 1783.
  7. ^ Hamilton Ball, Robert. "The Shakespeare Film as Record: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree", Shakespeare Quarterly, Volume 3, No. 3, July 1952, pp. 227–36.
  8. ^ Anna Boleyn at AllMovie
  9. ^ The Sword and the Rose at the TCM Movie Database
  10. ^ Anne of the Thousand Days at AllMovie
  11. ^ "Television | Actress in 1971". BAFTA. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  12. ^ Henry VIII and His Six Wives at AllMovie
  13. ^ "The Six Wives of Henry VIII." PBS. Thirteen/WNET, 2003. Web. 28 April 2013.
  14. ^ Weissberg, Jay (18 June 2003). "The Other Boleyn Girl". Variety. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  15. ^ Bonar, Samantha (5 November 2004). "A son, a son, his kingdom for a son". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  16. ^ Takors, Jonas (23 March 2017). Henry VIII in Twenty-First Century Popular Culture. Lexington Books. p. 186. ISBN 9781498544412.
  17. ^ "Winners 2008". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  18. ^ Punter, Jennie (23 October 2008). "'Tudors' rule at Geminis". Variety. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  19. ^ The Other Boleyn Girl at AllMovie
  20. ^ Collins, Dan (19 February 2008). "Review: Regal performance". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  21. ^ Parrill, Sue; Robison, William B. (6 February 2013). The Tudors on Film and Television. McFarland. p. 290. ISBN 9781476600314.
  22. ^ Robison, William B. (11 February 2017). History, Fiction, and The Tudors: Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series. Springer. p. 74. ISBN 9781137438836.
  23. ^ Adams, Christopher (7 January 2011). "'Tis But the Fate of Place". PlayShakespeare.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  24. ^ "Catherine of Aragon (Joanne Whalley)". Wolf Hall. BBC Two. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Personaje Catalina de Aragón en la serie Isabel, interpretado por Natalia Rodríguez". Isabel (in European Spanish). Televisión Española. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Catalina de Aragón, interpretado por Mélida Molina". Carlos, Rey Emperador (in European Spanish). Televisión Española. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  27. ^ Hautzinger, Daniel (18 January 2017). "The Six Wives of Henry VIII and the Actresses Who Portray Them". WTTW Chicago. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  28. ^ "Jarneia Richard-Noel: Catherine of Aragon". Six the Musical. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  29. ^ "Spanish Princess: Cast". Starz. Retrieved 2 May 2019.