Sunday, June 21, 2020

Cultural depictions of Catherine of Aragon

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[[File:Dame Ellen Terry as Katherine of Aragon Shakespeare Henry VIII.jpg|thumb|right|Dame [[Ellen Terry]] as Catherine of Aragon]]

Over the years, numerous artistic and cultural works have been dedicated to Catherine, have been written about her, or have mentioned her, including some by her husband [[Henry VIII of England|Henry&nbsp;VIII]], who wrote "Grene growth the holy"<ref> |title=Early Sixteenth Century Lyrics—Frederick Morgan Padelford—Google Books |publisher=|date= |accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> about and for her, and [[Juan Luis Vives]], who dedicated ''The Education of Christian Women'' to her.

==In art and media==
Catherine of Aragon has been portrayed in film, television, plays, novels, songs, poems, and other creative forms many times, and as a result she has stayed very much in popular memory. The first episode of ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC TV series)|The Six Wives of Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'', is told from her point of view (and in which she is portrayed by [[Annette Crosbie]]). [[Charlotte Hope]] plays her in the [[STARZ]] mini-series ''[[The Spanish Princess]]'', which is based on the book ''The Constant Princess'' by [[Philippa Gregory]]. [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'' succeeds in recreating with great accuracy Catherine's statement about the legitimacy of her marriage at the court in Blackfriars before King Henry, and Shakespeare's portrayal of Catherine is remarkably sympathetic; however, most of the rest of the play is an attempt to absolve many, especially Henry&nbsp;VIII, and the timing of key incidents (including Catherine's death) is changed and other events are avoided (the play makes Henry nearly an innocent pawn in the hands of a dastardly Cardinal Wolsey, and the play stops short of Anne Boleyn's execution).

In January 2013, the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] in London revealed that its curators had recently discovered that a portrait at [[Lambeth Palace]] formerly believed to have been a portrait of Catherine Parr in fact shows Catherine of Aragon. The National Portrait Gallery announced that the painting, which had hung in a private sitting room of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] since at least the 19th century, would be paired with a portrait of Henry VIII already in the museum's collection, and would remain at the museum on loan.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

===Music and rhymes===
* The song "Green groweth the holly" is said to have been written for her by Henry&nbsp;VIII.
* In the children's [[nursery rhyme]] "[[I Had a Little Nut Tree]]" she is the "King of Spain's Daughter."
* In [[Rick Wakeman]]'s album ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (album)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]'', "Catherine of Aragon" is listed as Track no. 1.

===Books===

Catherine is the main character in:
* ''Katharine, The Virgin Widow'', ''The Shadow of the Pomegranate'', and ''The King's Secret Matter'' (later published in an omnibus ''Katharine of Aragon'') by [[Eleanor Hibbert|Jean Plaidy]]<ref></ref>
* ''My Catalina'' by [[Maureen Peters (novelist)|Maureen Peters]]
* ''The King's Pleasure'' by [[Norah Lofts]]<ref></ref>
* ''[[The Constant Princess]]'' by [[Philippa Gregory]] (a novel about Catherine's younger years)<ref></ref>
* ''Patience, Princess Catherine'' by [[Carolyn Meyer]] (young adult novel)<ref></ref>
* ''Isabella's Daughter'' by Charity Bishop
* ''Catherine of Aragon/My Tudor Queen'' by Alison Prince
* ''Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen'' by [[Alison Weir]]<ref></ref>
* ''Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters (The Katherine of Aragon Story Book 1)'' by Wendy J. Dunn<ref></ref>
* ''Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate History of Henry VIII's True Wife'' by Amy Licence<ref></ref>

Catherine is a character in:
* ''[[Murder Most Royal]]'' by Jean Plaidy
* ''The Trusted Servant'' by Alison Macleod
* ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl]]'', ''[[The King's Curse]]'' and ''[[Three Sisters, Three Queens]]'' by Philippa Gregory<ref></ref>
* ''The Dark Rose'', Volume 2 of ''[[The Morland Dynasty]]'', by [[Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]]
* ''[[Wolf Hall]]'' by [[Hilary Mantel]]<ref></ref>
* ''I, Elizabeth'' by Rosalind Miles<ref></ref>
* ''Keeper of the King's Secrets'' by Michelle Diener<ref></ref>

===Theatre, film, stage, and TV===
Catherine was portrayed by:

* [[Sarah Siddons]] in the 18th century, in Shakespeare's ''Henry&nbsp;VIII''. She told [[Samuel Johnson]] that the role of Queen Catherine was her favourite of all the Shakespearean roles she had played, as it was "the most natural".<ref>[[Boswell, James]]. ''[[Life of Samuel Johnson]]''. May 1783.</ref>
* [[Violet Vanbrugh]] in the 1911 short film production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'' (first film portrayal).<ref>Hamilton Ball, Robert. "The Shakespeare Film as Record: Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree", ''Shakespeare Quarterly'', Volume 3, No. 3, July 1952, pp. 227–36.</ref>
* German actress [[Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein]] in the 1920 film ''[[Anna Boleyn]]''.<ref></ref>
* [[Rosalie Crutchley]] in ''[[The Sword and the Rose]]'', an account of [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor]]'s romance with the [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk|Duke of Suffolk]] in 1515.<ref></ref>
* Greek actress [[Irene Papas]] in [[Hal B. Wallis]]' film ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'' (1969).<ref></ref>
* British actress [[Annette Crosbie]] in a 90-minute television drama titled ''"Catherine of Aragon"'', the first part of the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970 TV series)|The Six Wives of Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'', for which she won the 1971 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress#1970s|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]].<ref> Actress in 1971 |website=BAFTA |access-date=2 May 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Frances Cuka]] in the 1972 film ''[[Henry&nbsp;VIII and His Six Wives]]'', based on the above TV series.<ref></ref> Keith Michell reprised his role as Henry&nbsp;VIII. A scene was incorporated between Frances Cuka and [[Charlotte Rampling]] (playing Anne Boleyn) to show their quiet, glacial enmity.
* [[Annabelle Dowler]] in Dr. [[David Starkey]]'s 2001 documentary series ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (2001 TV series)|The Six Wives of Henry&nbsp;VIII]]''.<ref>"The Six Wives of Henry VIII." PBS. Thirteen/WNET, 2003. Web. 28 April 2013.</ref>
* Spanish actress [[Yolanda Vasquez]], a brief appearance in the British TV version of ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl]]'' (January 2003), opposite [[Jared Harris]] as Henry&nbsp;VIII and [[Natascha McElhone]] as [[Mary Boleyn]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Assumpta Serna]] in the October 2003 [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] two-part television drama ''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'', which starred [[Ray Winstone]] in the title role.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Part 1 chronicled the king's life from the birth of his [[illegitimacy|bastard]] son, [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset|Henry Fitzroy]] until the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536. [[David Suchet]] co-starred as [[Cardinal Wolsey]].
* [[Marge Simpson]] (voiced by [[Julie Kavner]]), as "Margerine of Aragon" in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Margical History Tour]]".<ref>|title=Henry VIII in Twenty-First Century Popular Culture |last=Takors |first=Jonas |date=23 March 2017 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9781498544412 |pages=186 }}</ref>
* [[Maria Doyle Kennedy]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] 2007 television series ''[[The Tudors]]'' opposite [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] as Henry. For her performance, Kennedy won an [[IFTA Film & Drama Awards|IFTA Award]] for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Television,<ref></ref> and a [[Gemini Awards|Gemini Award]] for an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Ana Torrent]] in the [[The Other Boleyn Girl (2008 film)|2008 film adaptation]] of ''The Other Boleyn Girl'', with [[Eric Bana]] as Henry&nbsp;VIII.<ref></ref>
* Virginia Weeks portrayed her in the play ''Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* In 2008 she was played by [[Victoria Peiró]] in the film ''The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary''.<ref> |title=The Tudors on Film and Television |last=Parrill |first=Sue |last2=Robison |first2=William B. |date=6 February 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476600314 |pages=290 }}</ref>
* She is played by [[Siobhan Hewlett]] in the 2009 documentary ''[[Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant]]''.<ref name="Robison">|title=History, Fiction, and The Tudors: Sex, Politics, Power, and Artistic License in the Showtime Television Series |last=Robison |first=William B. |date=11 February 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781137438836 |pages=74 }}</ref>
* [[Kate Duchêne]] in a 2010 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry&nbsp;VIII]]'' at [[Shakespeare's Globe]] Theatre.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* [[Joanne Whalley]] in ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]''.<ref></ref>
* Natalia Rodríguez Arroyo in the Spanish historical series ''[[Isabel (TV series)|Isabel]]''.<ref></ref>
* Mélida Molina in the Spanish historical series ''[[Carlos, rey emperador]]''.<ref></ref>
* [[Paola Bontempi]] in the [[BBC One]] history programme ''Six Wives with [[Lucy Worsley]]''.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* Jarneia Richard-Noel in the 2017 musical ''[[Six (musical)|Six]]'', by [[Toby Marlow]] and Lucy Moss.<ref></ref> It opened on the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 2019.
* Adrianna Hicks in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of Six the Musical, set to open in 2020.
* [[Charlotte Hope]] portrays Catherine in the [[Starz]] mini-series ''[[The Spanish Princess]]'' which is based on two novels by [[Philippa Gregory]]. The series aired in May 2019.<ref></ref>


==References==



[[Category:Catherine of Aragon| ]]
[[Category:Wives of Henry VIII of England]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of princesses]]


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