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* DeathSong: Several:
** "Above All Things" for Catherine of Aragon, which also acts as a DistantDuet between her and Mary.
** "I Understand" acts as one for Lady Jane Grey as she is led to the chopping block.
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* ParentalLoveSong: Early in Act One we get one from Catherine of Aragon to a young Mary entitled "Blessed Pearl". It later gets a DarkReprise when Mary experiences a phantom pregnancy.

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* ParentalLoveSong: Early in Act One we get one from Catherine of Aragon to a young Mary entitled "Blessed "Little Pearl". It later gets a DarkReprise when Mary experiences a phantom pregnancy.
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* AbusiveParents: Henry VIII serves as this to Mary, as in real life.


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** Elizabeth I is usually dressed in lavender in contrast with Mary's darker purples.


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* ShoutOut:
** To {{Theatre/Six}}:
*** The queens are nearly always dressed in their signature colors.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** Mary's signature colors are black and dark purple, with the former making up more and more of her wardrobe as the show progresses.
** Catherine of Aragon is usually shown dressed in gold.
** "Five Stepmothers" gives the wives of Henry VIII their signature colors from {{Theatre/Six}}: green for Anne Boleyn, white for Jane Seymour, red for Anne of Cleves, pink for Katherine Howard, and blue for Catherine Parr.
** Lady Jane Grey is associated with ...[[ShapedLikeItself gray.]]


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* ListSong: "Five Stepmothers", which serves as a crash-course on... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mary's five stepmothers.]]
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* InnocentSoprano: Played with and inverted. Mary starts off innocent but it's a ForegoneConclusion that by the end of the show she will be anything but. Lady Jane Grey, on the other hand, is portrayed as an alto.

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* InnocentSoprano: Played with and inverted.with. Mary starts off innocent but it's a ForegoneConclusion that by the end of the show she will be anything but. Lady Jane Grey, on the other hand, is portrayed as an alto.alto ''and'' as something of TheIngenue.
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* InnocentSoprano: Played with and inverted. Mary starts off innocent but it's a ForegoneConclusion that by the end of the show she will be anything but. Lady Jane Grey, on the other hand, is portrayed as an alto.
** Downplayed with Catherine of Aragon, who's also a soprano. She's portrayed as PurityPersonified but she's headstrong and certainly not naïve.
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* ParentalLoveSong: Early in Act One we get one from Catherine of Aragon to a young Mary entitled "Blessed Pearl". It later gets a DarkReprise when Mary experiences a phantom pregnancy.

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