Shakespeares Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe welcomes actress Miranda Raison for two productions being performed in repertory starting this May. Shakespeare’s seldom performed Henry VIII will play alongside the premiere of Anne Boleyn, a new play from writer Howard Brenton, dubbed to offer “a very different portrayal of this iconic English Queen”.
Raison will play Anne Boleyn in both productions. Theatre tickets are currently on sale.
Henry VIII, directed by Mark Rosenblatt, will enjoy its first production at the Globe theatre in London since its refurbishment. In fact it was during this particular play in 1916 that a misfired theatrical cannon burned the original Globe to the ground. Starring alongside Raison is Dominic Rowan (The Misanthrope) in the role of Henry himself and Anthony Howell (Foyles War) will play Buckingham.
Brenton’s Anne Boleyn is a dramatic portrayal of the King’s notorious second wife. Brenton’s Anne is a politically headstrong, religious and sexually ambitious woman heavily involved in Tudor politics. John Dove directs, re-uniting with Brenton for the first time in three years after 2007’s In Extremis, also at the Globe.
Best known as Jo Portman in popular BBC drama Spooks, Miranda Raison also has an extensive list of theatrical credits, including The Man Who Came To Dinner at Chichester Festival Theatre in London and Salisbury Playhouse’s The Rivals.
Further productions at the Globe this summer are Henry IV Part 1 and 2, Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor, all part of the Kings and Rogues season.
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