Playlist Henry VIII | Dramatis Personea | Playhouse Page
Act One
I come no more to make you laugh: things now,
1.1 Good morrow, and well met. How have ye done
1.2 My life itself, and the best heart of it,
1.3 Is’t possible the spells of France should juggle
1.4 Ladies, a general welcome from his grace
Act Two
2.1 Whither away so fast? O, God save ye!
2.2 ‘My lord, the horses your lordship sent for,
2.3 Not for that neither: here’s the pang that pinches:
2.4 Whilst our commission from Rome is read,
Act Three
3.1 Take thy lute, wench: my soul grows sad with troubles;
3.2 If you will now unite in your complaints,
Act Four
4.1 You’re well met once again. So are you.
4.2 How does your grace? O Griffith, sick to death!
Act Five
5.1 It’s one o’clock, boy, is’t not? It hath struck.
5.2 I hope I am not too late; and yet the gentleman,
5.3 Speak to the business, master-secretary:
5.4 You’ll leave your noise anon, ye rascals:
5.5 Heaven, from thy endless goodness, send prosperous life,
EPILOGUE: ‘Tis ten to one this play can never please
Playlist Henry VIII | Dramatis Personea | Playhouse Page