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Anna of Cleves

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You are reading the page dedicated to the character as portrayed in Six the Musical. For the historical figure, see Anne of Cleves.


Anna of Cleves, also referred to as Anne of Cleves, was Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his fourth wife and was succeeded by Katherine Howard. Inspired by Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, she is the fourth contestant in Six the Musical with her solo "Get Down", where she complains about living alone in a palace in Richmond with a fortune after Henry rejected her for her appearance. She was played by Genesis Lynea in the Studio Cast Recording, Brittney Mack in the Broadway Cast Recording, and Alexia McIntosh in the upcoming film.

Cast[]

Songs[]

Debut Order[]

Debuts & Final Performances
No. Performer Role(s) Production(s) Debut Performance Final Performance Emergency Covers
1 Oliver
Wickham 		Principal Original Student 31 July 2017 14 October 2017
2 Genesis
Lynea 		Principal Original Arts Theatre
West End 		18 December 2017 22 January 2018 21 April 2019
28 July 2019
3 Alexia
McIntosh 		Principal UK & International Tour
West End 		11 July 2018 Ongoing
4 Grace
Mouat 		Cover UK Tour
West End 		14 August 2018 4 August 2019
5 Vicki
Manser 		Cover West End 26 January 2019 10 October 2019
6 Courtney
Stapleton 		Cover West End 2 May 2019 2 July 2019
7 Brittney
Mack 		Principal Pre-Broadway Tour
Broadway 		14 May 2019 4 December 2022
8 Shekinah
McFarlane 		Cover West End 15 August 2019 9 October 2019
Principal UK Tour 24 October 2019 9 March 2022
9 Nicole
Kyoung-Mi
Lambert 		Cover Pre-Broadway Tour
Broadway 		25 August 2019 5 January 2025
Temporary Replacement 29 November 2019 22 December 2019
10 Sophie
Golden 		Principal Bliss Cruise 6 September 2019 4 March 2020
11 Cherelle
Jay 		Cover West End
UK Tour 		17 October 2019 26 February 2022
Temporary Replacement 27 May 2021 3 July 2021
12 Collette
Guitart 		Cover West End 19 October 2019 17 October 2021
13 Cassandra
Lee 		Cover UK Tour 14 November 2019 5 March 2022
14 Jessica
Niles 		Principal Breakaway Cruise
UK & International Tour 		16 November 2019 23 April 2023
15 Harriet
Watson 		Cover UK Tour
West End 		13 December 2019 6 November 2022 6 March 2022
19 March 2022
2 April 2022
28 June 2024
19 January 2025
16 Jennifer
Caldwell 		Cover UK Tour
West End 		14 December 2019 4 November 2021 3 January 2020
4 January 2020
5 January 2020
17 Natalie
Pilkington 		Cover Bliss Cruise
UK & International Tour
West End 		31 December 2019 3 July 2024 25 April 2023
18 Kiana
Daniele 		Principal Australian Tour 4 January 2020 19 February 2023
19 Zara
MacIntosh 		Cover West End 16 January 2020 3 October 2021
20 Liv
Alexander 		Cover Breakaway Cruise
West End
UK Tour 		18 February 2020 18 August 2021
21 Ella
Burns 		Cover Australian Tour 28 February 2020
22 Karis
Oka 		Cover Australian Tour 29 February 2020 12 February 2023
23 Scarlet
Gabriel 		Principal Bliss Cruise 13 March 2020 14 March 2020
24 Maya
Christian 		Principal Bliss Cruise 26 October 2021 13 January 2022
25 Dionne
Ward-Anderson 		Principal West End 16 November 2021 Ongoing
26 Rachel
Rawlinson 		Cover West End 20 November 2021 13 October 2023
27 Keirsten
Nicole
Hodgens 		Cover Broadway
North American Tour 		10 December 2021 1 November 2022 29 March 2022
30 March 2022
31 March 2022
28 Marilyn
Caserta 		Cover Bliss Cruise
Broadway
North American Tour 		26 December 2021 21 October 2023
29 Paisley
Billings 		Cover West End 8 January 2022 15 October 2022
30 Chiara
Assetta 		Cover Australian Tour 27 January 2022 23 April 2025
31 Abbi
Hodgson 		Cover Bliss Cruise
Breakaway Cruise 		7 February 2022 2023
32 Shannen
Alyce
Quan 		Cover Australian Tour 11 February 2022 12 March 2022
33 Danielle
Rose 		Cover West End 10 March 2022 12 March 2022
34 Aiesha
Naomi
Pease 		Principal UK & International Tour 10 March 2022 16 March 2022
35 Kennedy
Carstens 		Principal Breakaway Cruise 12 March 2022 23 August 2022
36 Esme
Rothero 		Cover West End
UK & International Tour 		17 March 2022 Ongoing
37 Grace
Melville 		Cover UK & International Tour
West End 		20 March 2022 21 April 2023 14 July 2022
38 Kelly
Denice
Taylor 		Cover North American Tour 1 April 2022 5 April 2024
39 Cassie
Silva 		Cover North American Tour
Broadway 		3 April 2022 7 May 2023
40 Olivia
Donalson 		Principal North American Tour
Broadway 		4 April 2022 17 February 2025
41 Channing
Weir 		Cover Breakaway Cruise 2 May 2022 9 June 2022
42 Harriet
Caplan-Dean 		Cover UK & International Tour 20 May 2022 14 April 2023
43 Sasha
Renae
Brown 		Principal Bliss Cruise 26 May 2022 9 August 2023
44 Ayla
Ciccone-Burton 		Cover Broadway 12 August 2022 25 November 2023
45 Kayla
McSorley 		Cover Bliss Cruise 18 August 2022 8 November 2022
46 Janice
Rijssel 		Principal Breakaway Cruise
Bliss Cruise 		3 September 2022 20 February 2024
47 Holli'
Conway 		Cover Broadway 12 September 2022 30 October 2023
48 Terica
Marie 		Principal North American Tour 20 September 2022 14 April 2024
49 Monique
Ashe-Palmer 		Cover West End 26 October 2022 6 October 2023
50 Princess
Sasha
Victomé 		Cover Breakaway Cruise 5 November 2022 2022-23
51 Jana
Larell
Glover 		Cover North American Tour
Broadway 		25 November 2022 Ongoing
52 Cecilia
Snow 		Cover North American Tour 30 November 2022 20 September 2023
53 Reca
Oakley 		Principal Bliss Cruise
West End 		4 December 2022 16 February 2025
54 Nasia
Thomas 		Principal Broadway 5 December 2022 3 December 2023
55 Leah
Vassell 		Cover West End 18 December 2022 4 July 2023
56 Bethany
McDonald 		Cover Bliss Cruise 23 January 2023 7 May 2023
57 Leesa
Tulley 		Cover UK & International Tour 18 February 2023
58 Kim
Ji-sun 		Principal South Korea 31 March 2023 1 July 2023
59 Choi
Hyun-sun 		Principal South Korea 1 April 2023 2 July 2023
60 Kenedy
Small 		Principal UK & International Tour 25 April 2023 18 August 2024
61 Ellie
Jane
Grant 		Cover UK & International Tour
West End 		28 April 2023 22 January 2025 20 August 2024
62 Haley
Izurieta 		Principal Bliss Cruise 1 June 2023 13 November 2023
63 Izi
Maxwell 		Cover UK & International Tour 14 July 2023 16 August 2024
64 Krystal
Hernández 		Principal Canada
Broadway 		12 August 2023 Ongoing
65 Cydney
Clark 		Principal Breakaway Cruise 19 August 2023 24 January 2024
66 Hailey
Lewis 		Cover Canada
North American Tour 		29 August 2023 30 April 2024
67 Gabriella
Boumford 		Cover Bliss Cruise
Australian Tour 		5 September 2023 5 November 2024
68 Małgorzata
Chruściel 		Principal Warsaw Non-Replica 9 September 2023 Ongoing
69 Marta
Skrzypczyńska 		Cover Warsaw Non-Replica 10 September 2023 Ongoing
70 Darcy
Stewart 		Cover Canada 7 October 2023 20 April 2024
71 Erika
Herceg 		Principal Hungarian Non-Replica 14 October 2023 Ongoing
72 Aisha
Kardffy 		Principal Hungarian Non-Replica 15 October 2023 Ongoing
73 Mónika
Horváth 		Cover Hungarian Non-Replica 17 October 2023 Ongoing
74 Naomi
Alade 		Cover West End 26 October 2023 14 February 2025
75 Shakira
Simpson 		Cover UK & International Tour
West End 		26 October 2023 Ongoing 21 August 2024
76 Deirdre
Dunkin 		Cover Breakaway Cruise 22 November 2023 8 January 2024
77 Giulia
Marolda 		Cover Bliss Cruise 18 January 2024 2024
78 Meg
Dixon-Brasil 		Cover West End 29 February 2024 Ongoing
79 Sierra
Fermin 		Cover Broadway 28 March 2024 Ongoing
80 Danielle
Mendoza 		Principal North American Tour 16 April 2024 29 June 2025
81 Amaya
White 		Cover North American Tour 25 May 2024
82 Carlina
Parker 		Cover North American Tour 30 May 2024
83 Zelia
Rose
Kitoko 		Principal Australian Tour 2 August 2024 4 May 2025
84 Hannah
Victoria 		Principal UK & International Tour 20 August 2024 Ongoing
85 Lorren
Santo-Quinn 		Cover UK & International Tour 30 August 2024 Ongoing
86 Thalia
Smith 		Cover Australian Tour 13 October 2024 20 April 2025
87 Cristina
D'Agostino 		Cover Australian Tour 15 November 2024 7 December 2024
88 Izzy
Formby-Jackson 		Cover UK & International Tour 29 December 2024 Ongoing
89 Eliana Principal Japanese Tour
West End 		31 January 2025 Pending
90 Marie
Sugaya 		Principal Japanese Tour
West End 		1 February 2025 Pending
91 Leona
Černá
Stříbrná 		Principal Czech Non-Replica 1 February 2025 Ongoing
92 Andrea
Holá 		Principal Czech Non-Replica 1 February 2025 Ongoing
93 Eva
Staškovičová 		Principal Czech Non-Replica 6 February 2025 Ongoing
94 Honey
Joseph 		Cover West End 16 March 2025 Ongoing
95 Dagny
Mikoś 		Principal Kraków Non-Replica 26 April 2025 Ongoing
96 Nika
Ivančić 		Principal Croatian Non-Replica 15 May 2025 Ongoing
97 Jodie
Knight 		Principal UK & International Tour 20 May 2025 Ongoing
98 Odelia
Dizel-Cubuca 		Cover West End 25 May 2025 Ongoing
99 Emilia
Paige
Jurin 		Cover UK & International Tour 31 May 2025 Ongoing
100 Millie
Readshaw 		Cover UK & International Tour 7 June 2025 Ongoing
101 Laura
Baxter 		Cover West End 13 June 2025 Ongoing
Gina
Damjanović 		Principal Croatian Non-Replica Pending Pending
Katarzyna
Chlebny 		Principal Kraków Non-Replica 2 October 2025 Pending
Lucia
Valentino 		Cover UK & International Tour Pending Pending
Key
Principal
Cover (Principal Costume)
Cover (Black Alternate Costume)
Cover (Teal Alternate Costume)
Cover (Orange Alternate Costume)
Cover (Pink Alternate Costume)
Cover (Silver Alternate Costume)
Cover (Pewter Alternate Costume)
Emergency/Band Costume

Trivia[]

  • Not much is known about Anna before 1527, apart from her year of birth.
  • Henry met Anna privately in disguise on New Year's Day 1540 at Rochester Abbey in Rochester, as this was a courtly-love tradition. It is possible that Anna was unaware that the man in disguise was Henry, as she "regarded him little".
    • Some believe that this instance was why Henry referred to Anna as "ugly", since he was deeply offended by her failure to reciprocate the loving gesture.
  • Anna was friends with Katherine Howard, and it is possible that Katherine served as Anna's maid of honour.
  • After Anna's divorce from Henry, one of the residences given to her was that of the Boleyn's, Hever Castle.
    • Due to the generous divorce settlements that Anna received from Henry, she is often called "the King's Beloved Sister".
  • Anna was described as polite, easy-going, courteous and gentle by her servants.
  • Anna of Cleves and Henry VIII marriage was announced null and void on 9 July 1940 on the grounds of the marriage was non-consensual and unconsummated.
  • After Henry VIII's death, Anna was still very close with the royal family and attended lots of royal gatherings including Edward VI and Mary I's coronations.
  • Anna was particularly close with her step daughter Elizabeth and was said to have acted as a mother figure to her
  • After Katherine Howard's beheading, Henry was pressured by Anna and her brother William to remarry her; however, Henry refused.
  • Anna stated "Madam Parr is taking a great burden on herself" upon finding out about her marriage to Henry.
  • Anna was the last of Henry's wives to die; she died ten years after Henry and nine years after Catherine Parr, his sixth and final wife. She even outlived Henry's son, Edward VI by four years. She died on 16 July 1557 aged 42 years old at Chelsea Old Manor
    • Historians aren't 100% sure what Anna died of but it was speculated to be breast cancer.
  • The portrait that Hans Holbein painted of Anna now hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. A miniature version can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.
  • For swings and alternates that have two first covers, the role of Anna of Cleves is most often paired with that of Catherine of Aragon.
  • In the musical, Anna's 'queenspirations' were Rihanna and Nicki Minaj.
  • In an Instagram story, Toby Marlow stated that if Six were to be made into a movie, he would like either Lizzo or Cardi B to play Anna.[1]

Gallery[]

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"But I didn't look as good as I did in my pic..."
To view the Anna of Cleves gallery, click here.

References[]

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