The Act of Treason

Episode aired May 25, 2008
TV-MA
54m

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Anthony Brophy in The Tudors (2007)

Drama History Romance War

As Jane Seymour's fortunes rise, Anne's fall. Several of those close to her including her brother are tortured into confessing treason and beheaded.As Jane Seymour's fortunes rise, Anne's fall. Several of those close to her including her brother are tortured into confessing treason and beheaded.As Jane Seymour's fortunes rise, Anne's fall. Several of those close to her including her brother are tortured into confessing treason and beheaded.

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Trivia
Just before the credits there are several flashes of images. They include two different period portraits of Henry VIII, one of Anne Boleyn shown twice, and a half-second of modern film of the Campanile of San Marco filmed in the Piazza of Venice, Italy (always shown right after Anne's portrait). The significance of a tower in Venice is never explained in the episode, although it may be an analogy to the Tower of London where Anne was eventually sent to.

Goofs
At George Boleyn's execution, the crowd is depicted as loudly booing and jeering, so that he can't be heard and cuts his speech short. In actuality, George Boleyn's lengthy scaffold speech (mostly to do with his belief in the Reformation) was recorded in full, so the crowd would have been relatively quiet and respectful.

Quotes
Thomas Wyatt: These bloody days have broken my heart. My lust, my youth did them depart, And blind desire of estate. Who hastes to climb seeks to revert. Of truth, circa regna tonat.