Anne Boleyn - Duologue Script: Girls Aged 12+ Yrs

Name: Anne Boleyn - Duologue Script: Girls Aged 12+ Yrs
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Anne Boleyn – Duologue Script: Girls Aged 12+ Yrs

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Henry VIII’s first wife, KATHERINE of Aragon, confronts her husband’s mistress, ANNE Boleyn, in the Royal Palace at Greenwich. KATHERINE, in her mid-forties, plump, pious and determined to keep Henry, speaks broken English with a Spanish accent. ANNE, vivacious and attractive, in her late twenties, is desperate to legalise her relationship with the King.

Although this play is now out of print, the situation is well-known and the historical background well documented. Time: I529

KATHERINE: (to ANNE:). You wished to speak with me? ANNE: (A little taken aback) Er- yes – it would be as well. KATHERINE: (Proudly) As well? ANNE: It ill becomes you, Madam, to be haughty. KATHERINE: If you would keep your place as the King’s concubine — ANNE: Concubine! I am not – (She checks) How dare you! KATHERINE: That is what all Europe calls you. If it is wrong I am sorry. But you are surely not his wife. ANNE: Madam, I came to spare you. To appeal to your better self to renounce this man who no longer loves you. And to retire with honour and dignity as dowager Princess of Wales. Are you determined to risk the future of your daughter Mary? I warn you the King’s patience is cut to the quick. Any further resistance will only madden him.