Commissioned for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 2010, Anne Boleyn was described by Time Out as making "religion sexy and doctrinal disputes bloody good fun". The tale of the life and legacy of Henry VIII's notorious second wife is juxtaposed with the court of King James I 100 years later, where James has found alarming evidence that Anne was a religious conspirator with the most dangerous ideas of her day. She comes alive for him, a brilliant but reckless young woman confident in her sexuality, whose marriage and death transformed England forever.