History Theatre / AnneOfTheThousandDays

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Anne.

Due to its subject matter, sudios weren't eager to film the play just after its debut. The [[TheFilmOfThePlay film version]], directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/GenevieveBujold, came out in 1969, shortly after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was abandoned. Out of its ten UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, its only win was for its [[CostumePorn elaborate costumes]].

A 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson, ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' is a play about UsefulNotes/HenryVIII and his marriage to UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn.

* BrainyBrunette: Anne, as played by Genevieve Bujold - although her hair is lighter than some think the real Boleyn's was.

Having ditched his first wife, [[UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon Katharine of Aragon]], Henry sets his sights on Mary Boleyn. He changes course and heads for her sister, Anne. They wed, but their bliss ends when she gives birth to [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a daughter]], instead of the son Henry wants. Afterwards, Henry goes for UsefulNotes/JaneSeymour and tries to find a way out of his current marriage.

Having ditched his first wife, [[UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon Katharine of Aragon]], Henry sets his sights on Mary Boleyn. He changes course and heads for her sister, Anne. They wed, but their bliss ends when she gives birth to [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a daughter]], instead of the son Henry wants. Afterwards, Henry goes for Jane Seymour and tries to find a way out of his current marriage.

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After having ditched his first wife, [[UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon Katharine of Aragon]], Henry sets his sights on Mary Boleyn. He changes course and heads for her sister, Anne. They wed, but their bliss ends when she gives birth to [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a daughter]], instead of the son Henry wants. Afterwards, Henry goes for Jane Seymour and tries to find a way out of his current marriage.

Because of its subject matter, Studios weren't eager to film the play just after its debut. The film version, directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/GenevieveBujold, came out in 1969, shortly after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was abandoned. Out of its 10 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, its only win was for its [[CostumePorn elaborate costumes]].

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Henry tells Anne the thought of her watching him has made him impotent with all other women, who laugh at him in bed. TheMovie suggests this is a tactic suggested by a buddy of his to try and make Anne swoon.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/MaryQueenOfScots''. Same producer and director, different monarchs.

After having ditched his first wife, Katharine of Aragon, Henry sets his sights on Mary Boleyn. He changes course and heads for her sister, Anne. They wed, but their bliss ends when she gives birth to [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a daughter]], instead of the son Henry wants. Afterwards, Henry goes for Jane Seymour and tries to find a way out of his current marriage.

A 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson, ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' is a play about UsefulNotes/HenryVIII and his marriage to Anne Boleyn.

Because of its subject matter, Studios weren't eager to film the play just after its debut. The film version, directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Creator/RichardBurton and Geneviève Bujold, came out in 1969, shortly after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was abandoned. Out of its 10 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, its only win was for its [[CostumePorn elaborate costumes]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech / CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Anne's ferocious verbal attack on Henry in the Tower.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Like most fictionalizations of Anne's life and death, the play and movie take liberties with the truth. Anne's CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the script could never have occurred in real life, as Henry didn't visit Anne after her arrest, and the odds of Elizabeth ever becoming Queen were very, very low.

** Also, Anne was hardly "barely 18" as the movie poster suggests. Although we don't know exactly how old Anne was, (some) modern historians think she was around 25 when Henry first noticed her and around 32 when they married.
*** It's important to note that the only contemporary(-ish) sources of Anne's age we have, William Camden and Jane Dormer, both said without knowing the other or their work, that she was born in 1507 and died before her 29th birthday. So it's more than simply possible that Anne was a teenager when Henry VIII noticed her in 1525/6.

* AltarDiplomacy: King Henry [=VIII=] feels free to pursue Anne Boleyn because his marriage to Katherine of Aragon was made to cement a treaty. As he put it so succinctly: "I do not love that woman. I did not marry her. That was a marriage of state: England married Spain."

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-->-- '''Anne Boleyn,''' about Jane Seymour.

Because of its subject matter, Studios weren't eager to film the play just after its debut. The film version, starring Creator/RichardBurton and Geneviève Bujold, came out in 1969, shortly after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was abandoned. Out of its 10 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, its only win was for its [[CostumePorn elaborate costumes]].

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-->--'''Anne Boleyn,''' about Jane Seymour.

** Also, Anne was hardly "barely 18" as the movie poster suggests. Although we don't know exactly how old Anne was, modern historians think she was around 25 when Henry first noticed her and around 32 when they married.
* BrainyBrunette: Anne, as played by Genevieve Bujold - although her hair is lighter than we think the real Boleyn's was.