The Tudors 4x10 Death of a Monarchy

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First Aired: Jun. 20, 2010 on Showtime

Summary: King Henry learns that his friends King Francis and Charles Brandon are dying. Confronted with mortality, the ghosts of his former wives pay him a visit and Hans Holbein paints a last portrait of Henry.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Mary Tudor	played by Sarah Bolger
Catherine Parr	played by Joely Richardson
Bishop Gardiner	played by Simon Ward
Brigitte Rousselot	played by Selma Brook
Anne Stanhope	played by Emma Hamilton (II)
Risley	played by Frank McCusker
Thomas Seymour	played by Andrew McNair
Richard Rich	played by Rod Hallett

Episode Quotes

Charles Brandon: [Feverish and in bed] Has the dawn come yet?
Brigitte Rousselot: Not yet, not yet.
Charles Brandon: [Breathing heavily] I hate the night. It makes me think of perpetual night.

King Henry VIII: [Voiceover prologue] When we compare the present life of man on Earth with that time of which we have no knowledge, it seems to me like a swift flight of a single sparrow through a banquet hall on a winter's day. After a few moments of comfort, he vanishes from sight into the wintry world from which he came. Even so, man appears on Earth for a little while, but of what went before this life or what will follow, we know nothing.

King Henry VIII: Master Holbein It is well done.

Trivia

Bishop Gardiner was imprisoned for five years during the reign of Edward VI.