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Shakespeare plays KATHERINE, divorced wife of Henry VIII

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Katherine dressed in medieval style, with a long ginger-coloured wig; he looks dismayed, lying on a divan against a bolster with one hand upraised imploringly

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The unhappy and mortally ill Katherine - recently divorced and deprived of her status as queen - awakes from a glorious vision of angels offering her eternal bliss.
Henry VIII
Act 4 Scene 2

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