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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The Globe is revered for its dedication to the work of William Shakespeare, and this season Dominic Dromgoole will direct Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2. Theatre tickets are on sale now.

Starring in the show is Roger Allam, seen most recently at the Menier Chocolate Factory theatre in London, playing Albin/Zaza in La Cage Aux Folles, and Oliver Cotton. Allam will play notorious fat knight and coward Falstaff, whilst Cotton plays Henry IV.

Henry IV Part 1 begins with Henry Bolingbrooke’s reign after deposing Richard III, an action that has left him with both personal and political unrest. Furthermore he has now made enemies of the Earls Worcester and Northumberland, and Edmund Mortimer, whom Richard had proclaimed heir to the throne. Meanwhile Henry’s son and heir Prince Hal has relinquished his royal duties to drink in taverns with the likes of low life Falstaff, causing the country and the King to question his worthiness to the throne.

In Henry IV Part 2 Prince Hal separates from Falstaff, who joins the army during a second rebellion. Hal continues his acquaintance with the low life crowd. King Henry’s disappointment in his son causes him great concern, and Henry falls sick.

Roger Allam’s previous work includes God of Carnage (UK tour), Afterlife at the National Theatre in London and Boeing Boeing.

Cotton recently performed at the Manchester Library Theatre in Gates of Gold. Other credits include The Royal Hunt for The Sun (National Theatre) and Piano Forte (Royal Court).

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