Why is Shakespeare’s Henry VIII so rarely staged?

An unusual event? ... a production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII at the Globe theatre in 2010. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian

We seem to be fascinated with the Tudors, and can’t get enough Shakespeare – so how come his play Henry VIII is never performed?

John Brown, Urmston, Manchester

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