Anna Bolena

About the show

At Windsor, Henry VIII plans to replace his wife, Anna Bolena, with Jane Seymour. Anna’s former love, Percy, returns from exile. Henry orders his courtier Hervey to spy on them. Smeaton, a page who loves Anna, secretly returns a locket with her portrait; when Percy draws his sword to kill himself after Anna rejects him, Smeaton rushes out, and Henry finds the locket and arrests them. Anna refuses Jane’s offer to admit guilt in exchange for her life. Henry’s council condemns Anna and her companions. In the Tower of London, Anna becomes delirious, imagining her wedding day and her childhood home. She is led away to execution as the court celebrates Henry and Jane’s wedding.