Overview
Character Name
Cardinal Wolsey
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Ensemble
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
England, 1530s
Analysis
Wolsey is a Cardinal who conspires to get the King divorced from his wife. His motive is the fact that the King’s wife is barren and can’t produce an heir. Wolsey extorts Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England, to go along with the plan and warns that if the King
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