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Mar 14, 2024 · How did a musical about six queens in early 16th-century England land on the radar of so many young people?
- Lily Johnson
- Blickling Hall. Blickling Hall is a stately home of historic importance in Norfolk, England. The original banqueting hall on the Blickling Estate was built in the 15th century, when the estate was in the possession of Sir John Fastolf.
- Hever Castle. Hever Castle in Kent is a picturesque Tudor mansion famous as Anne Boleyn’s ancestral home. Today it presents a stunning glimpse into the splendour of those close to the Tudor crown, and provides a personal look into the life of one of British history’s most intriguing female figures.
- Château Royal d’Amboise. Château Royal d’Amboise is a large château situated in France’s Loire Valley, which from the 15th to the 16th centuries was a favourite royal residence of the French monarchy.
- Château Royal de Blois. Château Royal de Blois is a former royal château in the Loire Valley, with a dramatic and fascinating history. Blois was popular with the French royal family throughout the 16th century, and much of the architecture is a hybrid of Renaissance and Gothic.
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Katherine Howard
- Catherine Parr
The song: “No Way,” a Beyoncé- and JLo-inspired “girl boss feminism” anthem, says Moss Though Catherine of Aragon’s marriage to Henry lasted 24 years—collectively, his five other marriages spanned just 14 years—she has long been overshadowed by her successors. The daughter of Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Catherine came to England as the...
The song: “Don’t Lose Ur Head,” a “cheeky” number modeled on Lily Allen and Kate Nash, according to Moss Arguably the most (in)famous of the six wives, Anne is alternatively portrayed as a scheming, power-hungry seductress; a victim of her callous father’s vaulting ambition; or a worldly, charismatic woman who rose to the kingdom’s highest office o...
The song: “Heart of Stone,” a slow, Adele-like ballad Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, has gone down in history as the “boring” one. According to Fraser, she was intelligent and “naturally sweet-natured,” with the “salient characteristics [of] virtue and common good sense.” Historian Alison Weir similarly describesJane as “endowed with all the qua...
The song: “Get Down,” a 16th-century take on the rap and hip-hop “trope of being popular and bragging about your Ferrari and your Grey Goose,” says Moss Anne (or, as the musical calls her, Anna) of Cleves was, in some historians’ view, the most successful of Henry’s six queens. After just six months of marriage, she earned the king’s enduring affec...
The song: “All You Wanna Do,” a catchy number modeled on the work of “young pop stars sexualized early on in their careers,” like Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Ariana Grande, as Marlow told Vulture For much of history, Henry’s fifth wife, Katherine Howard, has been dismissed as a wanton woman of little import. Writing in 1991, Weir described her ...
The song: “I Don’t Need Your Love,” a soulful, Alicia Keys–inspiredlove song Often reduced to the one-word summary of “survived” or the role of nursemaid to a succession of ailing husbands, Henry’s sixth wife, Catherine Parr, was actually a renowned scholar, religious reformer and perhaps even protofeminist. In Six, she takes ownership of these att...
- Meilan Solly
Six (stylised in all caps) is a British musical comedy in the style of a pop concert. Its music, book, and lyrics were written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. [1] It is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, presented in the form of a singing competition.
Nov 10, 2022 · “Six! The Musical,” a show written by Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow, is about the six wives of King Henry VIII of England, who gained infamy from his decisions as monarch and the horrors he committed in his attempts to gain a legitimate male heir.
Aug 18, 2021 · Six the Musical drags the stories of the King’s six wives into the modern world, presenting them in the form of an all-star pop group that rivals only the Spice Girls. There’s only one problem – the six Queens don’t have a lead singer.
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Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his second wife and was succeeded by Jane Seymour . She is currently being played by Thao Therese Nguyen in the West End production of Six the Musical , and by Storm Lever in the Broadway production.
