The Tudor Tailor
2–3.30pm and 4-5.30pm, Acton Court, tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) (suitable for children aged 7 years and upwards)

How do you see Henry VIII? Bloated despot? Incorrigible womaniser? Founder of the Church of England? Composer of Greensleeves? Fashion icon of the 16th century? Take a look at Great Harry through the eyes of two of his employees: Jane the Fool, who served Henry’s wives and daughter as an entertainer, and Elynor Manners, Countess of Rutland, who was a lady-in-waiting to three of Henry’s queens.

Lucy Capito and Caroline Johnson, costumed as these two royal servants, build a picture of the king as they dress him from lawn shirt to ostrich-plumed hat, and offer different contemporary views of Henry as a vibrant personality and a royal master.
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