Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days is a 1969 British costume drama made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film tells the story of Anne Boleyn. The screenplay is an adaptation by Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove of the 1948 play by Maxwell Anderson Andersons blank verse format was retained for only portions of the screenplay, such as Annes soliloquy in the Tower of London, but then again, Anderson did not use blank verse throughout the play either, only in portions of it. The opening of the play was also changed, with Thomas Cromwell telling Henry VIII the outcome of the trial and Henry then recalling his marriage to Anne, rather than Anne speaking first and then Henry remembering in flashback.

The play Anne of the Thousand Days, the films basis, was first enacted on Broadway in the Shubert Theatre onDecember 1948 staged by H. C. Potter, with Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman as Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn respectively, running 288 performances Harrison won a Tony Award for his performance.Cinematically, Anne of the Thousand Days took twenty years to reach the screen because its themes adultery, illegitimacy, incest were then unacceptable to the US motion picture production code. The film was made on such locations as Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, and at Pinewood and Shepperton Studios. Hever Castle was one of the main settings for the film it was also the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The stunning formal Tudor gardens provided the perfect setting for the film. ........

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