Henry the VIII- Shakespeare

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Across
  1. 2. In the end, Henry VIII is a contradiction—a historical _____ woven from historical records
  2. 4. He is later arrested at _____ to be tried before Henry, but he dies on the way to London.
  3. 5. Wolsey appeals to the pope for a royal ______
  4. 7. There is some confusion in the delivery of the ______ and it ends up in the hands of the King
  5. 9. One could easily imagine a contemporary playgoer thinking to themselves, "but what about that __________ and the four other wives?"
  6. 11. Henry VIII carries the alternate title ____ ___ ____
  7. 13. Of course, the historical ______ ___ was a much more complicated individual, both as a person and a monarch
  8. 15. Katharine defends herself, stating that her ________ to Henry is just and lawful
  9. 17. ________ _______speaks in his defense, proclaiming his innocence
  10. 18. Worried about Buckingham’s ____ coming after him, Wolsey makes sure he is sent to Ireland as a deputy
  11. 19. It is spectacle mixed with court intrigue and more than a dash of _____ propaganda
Down
  1. 1. __________ condenses more than two decades of events into months, rearranging events for the sake of the story in some cases
  2. 3. At the __________, Cranmer foretells a noble reign for Elizabeth and glory for England in her time
  3. 5. pope was caught between competing interests in Henry and Charles, and it was as much his indecision as any actions of Wolsey that led to the cardinal's _________
  4. 6. The King condemns the assemblage for their treatment of Cranmer and asks him to be the godfather of his newly born daughter, ________
  5. 8. Wolsey is the conniving ________ power attempting to manipulate a Henry of "gentle nature and great courtesy."
  6. 10. Although this is true, Wolsey is _________ in his dealings with the nobility, leading them to resent him
  7. 12. As a point of reference, Cranmer's _________ and trial didn't happen until 1544, at which point Anne was already dead some eight years and Henry was married to his last wife, Catherine Parr
  8. 14. Wolsey arranges to have him accused of high ______, and he is brought before the court and the King for trial.
  9. 16. The Treaty of the Field of Cloth of _____, which is the meeting alluded to in the first act, occurred in June of 1520.