Jane Seymour was Queen of England from 1536 to 1537 due to her marriage to King Henry VIII. She was his third wife and was succeeded by Anna of Cleves. She is currently being played by Claudia Kariuki in the West End production of Six the Musical, and by Abby Mueller in the Broadway production. In the original cast recording, her role was played by Natalie Paris.
Cast[]
Original Student Production
Original Off-West End Production;
First UK Tour;
First and Second West End Production;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast A
Second UK Tour;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast B
Second UK Tour
Third UK Tour;
First Bliss Cruise Production
Fourth UK Tour
Third West End Production
First North American Tour;
First Broadway Production
North American "Aragon" Tour
Second Bliss Cruise Production
Third Bliss Cruise Production
Fourth Bliss Cruise Production
First Breakaway Cruise Production
Second Breakaway Cruise Production
Third Breakaway Cruise Production
First and Second Australian / New Zealand Tour
First North American Tour
First Bliss Production
First Broadway Production
First UK Tour
Third UK Tour
First, Second, and Third West End Production
Second West End Production
Second West End Production;
Third UK Tour
Third West End Production
Third West End Production
First Australian / New Zealand Tour
First and Second Australian / New Zealand Tour
First and Second Australian / New Zealand Tour
Second Australian / New Zealand Tour
Second and Third UK Tour;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast B
First West End Production
First West End Production
Second West End Production;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast A;
First Broadway Production
Third West End Production
First North American Tour;
First Broadway Production
First North American Tour
North American "Aragon" Tour
North American "Aragon" Tour
First Bliss Production
First Bliss Production;
Fourth UK Tour
Second Bliss Cruise Production
Third Bliss Cruise Production
Fourth Bliss Cruise Production
First Breakaway Cruise Production
Second Breakaway Cruise Production
Third Breakaway Cruise Production
First Broadway Production
Second and Third UK Tour;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast B
Fourth UK Tour
First West End Production
First West End Production
First West End Production
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast A
First West End Production
Second West End Production
Third West End Production
First Bliss Production
First Broadway Production
First Broadway Production
Second and Third UK Tour;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast B
Fourth UK Tour
First West End Production
Second West End Production;
Cancelled Drive-In Tour Cast A
Third West End Production
First Bliss Cruise Production
Second Bliss Cruise Production
Third Bliss Cruise Production
Fourth Bliss Cruise Production
Fourth Bliss Cruise Production
First Breakaway Production
Second Breakaway Production
Third Breakaway Cruise Production
First West End Production
First West End Production
Third West End Production
Third West End Production
Third West End Production
Third UK Tour
Second West End Production
Second West End Production
Second West End Production;
Third UK Tour
Second West End Production;
Third UK Tour
Songs[]
- Ex-Wives
- Ex-Wives (Reprise) (live only)
- Anne Boleyn (Interlude) (live only)
- Heart of Stone
- Haus of Holbein
- Haus of Holbein (Playoff) (live only)
- I Don't Need Your Love (Remix)
- Six
- Megasix (live only)
Issue[]
- Miscarried child (died 25 December 1536)
- Edward VI (born 12 October 1537, died 6 July 1553)
Debut Order[]
| First Principal Performance | First Swing Performance | Final Performance | Emergency Covers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Musgrave | 31 July 2017 | 14 October 2017 | ||
| Natalie Paris | 18 December 2017 | 14 November 2021 | ||
| Grace Mouat | 8 August 2018 | 20 June 2019 | ||
| Courtney Stapleton | 7 March 2019 | 12 October 2019 | ||
| Abby Mueller | 14 May 2019 | Ongoing | ||
| Collette Guitart | 29 September 2019 | 13 November 2021 | 30 July 2019 9 August 2019 20 August 2019 | |
| Vicki Manser | 18 August 2019 | 26 September 2019 | ||
| Caitlin Tipping | 6 September 2019 | 9 March 2022 | ||
| Hana Stewart | 18 October 2019 | 11 November 2021 | 21 September 2019 | |
| Mallory Maedke | 29 November 2019 | 24 September 2019 | Ongoing | |
| Lauren Byrne | 24 October 2019 | 16 March 2020 | ||
| Amy Bridges | 17 November 2019 | 11 March 2020 | ||
| Harriet Watson | 20 November 2019 | 25 February 2022 | 5 March 2022 9 June 2022 10 June 2022 | |
| Jennifer Caldwell | 21 November 2019 | 21 November 2019 | ||
| Cherelle Jay | 8 December 2019 | 18 July 2021 | ||
| Bryony Duncan | 18 December 2019 | 11 November 2021 | ||
| Loren Hunter | 4 January 2020 | Ongoing | ||
| Elizabeth Walker | 28 September 2021 | 16 January 2020 | 1 March 2022 | |
| Natalie Pilkington | 21 January 2020 | 2020 | Ongoing | 5 June 2022 |
| Gabriella Stylianou-Burns | 13 March 2020 | 14 March 2021 | ||
| Liv Alexander | 12 June 2021 | 12 June 2021 | ||
| Ellie Sharpe | 11 October 2021 | 20 December 2021 | ||
| Wesley Carpenter | 26 October 2021 | 13 January 2022 | ||
| Keirsten Hodgens | 9 November 2021 | Ongoing | ||
| Claudia Kariuki | 16 November 2021 | Ongoing | ||
| Roxanne Couch | 19 November 2021 | Ongoing | ||
| Rachel Rawlinson | 25 November 2021 | Ongoing | ||
| Ashlee Waldbauer | 3 January 2022 | January 2022 | ||
| Esme Rothero | 9 January 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Shannen Quan | 15 January 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Karis Oka | 29 January 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Casey Al-Shaqsy | 10 March 2022 | Ongoing | 3 June 2022 4 June 2022 12 June 2022 | |
| Chiara Assetta | 11 March 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Shelby Griswold | 12 March 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Keri Fuller | 14 March 2022 | 10 May 2022 | ||
| Harriet Caplan-Dean | 22 March 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Jasmine Forsberg | 29 March 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Madeline Fansler | 19 April 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Leesa Tulley | 19 April 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Kelsee Sweigard | 18 May 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Kelly Taylor | 24 May 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Ellie Wyman | 26 May 2022 | Ongoing | ||
| Willow Dougherty | 16 June 2022 | Ongoing |
Trivia[]
- Jane was the second cousin of both Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. She was related to the two through their great-grandmother, Elizabeth Cheney.
- Due to Catherine Parr's later marriage to Jane's brother, Thomas Seymour, the two would have been sisters-in-law.
- Jane served as a lady-in-waiting to both Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.
- Out of all of Henry's queens, Jane received the least amount of education, receiving only a "standard" woman's education for the time. This was because she was of the lowest gentry compared to Henry's other queens.
- Jane knew how to read and write a little, but she was more skilled with needlework and household management.
- Jane was never officially crowned as queen.
- Despite this, she was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a queen's funeral.
- At Jane's funeral, Mary I acted as the chief mourner.
- Despite this, she was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a queen's funeral.
- After Henry's death, he was buried next to Jane, as he had requested.
- For swings and alternates that have two first covers, the role of Jane Seymour is most often paired with that of Catherine Parr.
- For swings and alternates that have three first covers, the role is most often paired with that of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, or Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
- The reason why Jane references The Rolling Stones in the show is likely because of their song Lady Jane, which was named after her.
- The Rolling Stones also have a song called Heart of Stone, which shares a name with Jane's song in the show.
- The inside of Seymour's skirt changed from white to black in August 2019.
- Until the 2021 West End cast change, Jane Seymour was the only principal role in Six that was solely played by white actresses, with Claudia Kariuki becoming the first principal actress of colour and first Black principal actress to debut as the role.
- Carly Dyer would have been both the first principal actress of colour as well as the first Black principal actress to play the role; however, she never made her debut in the show due to a combination of COVID-19 restrictions and her role in Anything Goes.
- In the musical, Jane's 'queenspirations' were Adele and Sia.
- In an Instagram story, Toby Marlow stated that if Six were to be made into a movie, he would like either Demi Lovato or Lady Gaga to play Jane.[1]
Gallery[]
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