![]() ![]() Jane Seymour fulfilled her function as the bearer of an heir, only to die as a result. Anne Boleyn wrongly staked her life so that the truth would set her free. Katherine of Aragon was cruelly tossed aside in favor of a younger model. Through manipulation, gaslighting, false accusations, and threats of violence, Henry expected his wives to play an impossible game with deadly consequences. Try Me, Good King uses letters and recorded gallows speeches of Henry’s first five wives, to create a musical tapestry that depicts a universal story about the precarious position of women caught in a cycle of abuse. Due to their iconic status, these women’s true identities, thoughts, and personal feelings have been obscured by society and much misinformation about them has been portrayed and infinitely repeated. The wives of Henry VIII are both legendary and a part of popular culture, therefore, becoming the topic of countless historical examinations, popular fiction, songs, movies, and television shows. In his desperation to produce a male heir, Henry VIII treated women as consumable commodities that could be disposed of once they had achieved their usefulness or proved too difficult to manage. The first half of DB Project’s production, “A Lily Among Thorns,” is called “Try Me” and was inspired by Libby Larsen’s musical composition, Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII.
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