THE story of Anne Boleyn is being retold in a Channel 5 drama. The tragic wife of King Henry VIII is played by actress Jodie Turner-Smith. Who was the real Anne Boleyn? Anne Boleyn was born somewhere between 1501 and 1536, and was aged around 28 to 35 when she died. She was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution for treason and...
DRAMA EXPLAINED Why is Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn a Black woman and what is identity-conscious casting?
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