A Suffolk theatre company will be performing a play about the allegations of incest, which led to Anne Boleyn's execution.

The Red Rose Chain will perform a live-streamed play reading of Joanna Carrick's Fallen In Love, next Tuesday, the 544th anniversary of Queen Anne's execution.

Anne Boleyn is known to have strong connections to Erwarton, also known as Arwarton where it is reputed her heart is buried.

Erwarton Hall was built by Sir Philip Calthorpe in the mid 16th century and renovated by Sir Philip Parker in 1572. His niece Anne Boleyn was a regular visitor and it is claimed she entertained King Henry VIII at the house.

Legend has it just before she was executed Queen Anne wrote that the best days of her life were spent in Arwarton and so her heart was to be buried in Erwarton Hall.

In 1883 a velvet pouch with dust inside was discovered during renovation work at St Mary's Church, Erwarton and is now buried below the church organ.

It is known King Henry, who was at the time married to Catherine of Aragon, pursued Anne and following the most famous divorce in history, married the former courtier.

This led to the split with Rome, the Reformation and the beginning of the Church of England.

However, her inability to bear the king a son, led to her falling out of favour and Henry began a relationship with her cousin jane Seymour, who was to become his third of six wives.

Anne was accused of adultery with at least four men and was alleged to be having an affair with her brother George, the second Viscount of Rochford, who was also executed.

It is this angle which is being explored by Joanna Carrick as part of her Tudor trilogy, exploring the bloody and dramatic 16th century events, which would put the most vivid contemporary soap operas in the shade.

Set in in a tranquil part of the peninsula on the banks of the River Stour, Erwarton Hall has enjoyed a rich history before and after Henry sailed up from London to visit Anne.

The Admiralty initially leased Erwarton Hall from the Berners family estate for the Commanding Officer and his family at HMS Ganges' in 1905 until 1962, when it paid £11,000 for the red brick building, which is understood to have a tunnel linking the training establishment and the hall, although both ends were blocked off long ago.

The four-bedroomed hall and land was no longer used by the Royal Navy when Ganges closed in 1976 and is now in private use with a former London Mayfair art gallery owner and his wife the current owners.

To listen to the live play reading, performed by Fizz Waller and Scott Ellis, go to Fallen In Love here…