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Sep 12, 2018 · This is the song Anna of Cleves sings in Six: The Musical, detailing her life after King Henry VIII divorced her. He did so supposedly because he was disappointed by her appearance in...
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“Get Down” by the SIX Cast is a powerful and empowering song that sheds light on the life of Anne of Cleves after her divorce from King Henry VIII. It emphasizes her independence and self-assuredness in the face of societal expectations.
Sep 12, 2018 · This opening song of SIX: The Musical serves as an introduction to each of the women who married Henry VIII. It draws attention to rhyme to remember the wives that many British children are...
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"Get Down" is the eighth song in Six the Musical. It is the sixth track on the London cast recording and the eleventh track on the Broadway cast recording. It is Anna of Cleves' solo song.
A short break from the stories of how the queens were wronged by Henry VIII, the song is celebrating Anna's riches that she was granted after her divorce from Henry. After the divorce, Anna never remarried and instead received a generous settlement, moving into Richmond Palace and gaining ownership of Hever Castle. Anna boasts about her independenc...
•In the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe production, the line, "Okay ladies, let's get in reformation" was spoken by Anne Boleyn instead of Anna of Cleves.
•The line itself is a direct reference to Beyoncé's song Formation, in which she says, "Okay ladies, now let's get in formation, 'cause I slay".
•The lines, "I'm the queen of the castle/Get down, you dirty rascals" are a direct reference to the phrase, "I'm the king of the castle, and you're the dirty rascal", which is popularly used in children's games. The lines are sung in the same tune as the phrase.
•This is referenced again in the next song, All You Wanna Do, during the line, "Spilled ink all over the parchment", where the same tune is used.
•At the BroadwayCon panel, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss revealed that the "woof" line was spoken by them and that Toby does the sound effects during the "My horses can trot up to twelve miles an hour" line.
•In the Arts Theatre Production, the other cast members held feather fans.
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Six Lyrics. Six is a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. They have come together as a band to stage a pop concert and invite the audience to hear their stories.
Oct 1, 2021 · Anne’s song in Six, “Don’t Lose Ur Head,” draws its name from her method of execution: beheading by sword. Moss says she and Marlow view the number as a playful response to historians ...
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