July 29, 2024 ‹ Literary Hub


TODAY: In 1628, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leaves a performance of Henry VIII by The King’s Men at the Globe Theatre after watching the play’s Duke of Buckingham beheaded. The character is not based on Villiers, but rather Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, who had been executed for treason in 1521. Villiers is assassinated less than a month later.

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