A Man For All Seasons (Modern Classics) - Softcover

Bolt, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413703800 ISBN 13: 9780413703804

Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 1996

Synopsis

A Man for All Seasons dramatises the conflict between King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas More. It depicts the confrontation between church and state, theology and politics, absolute power and individual freedom. Throughout the play Sir Thomas More's eloquence and endurance, his purity, saintliness and tenacity in the face of ever-growing threats to his beliefs and family, earn him status as one of modern drama's greatest tragic heroes.

The play was first staged in 1960 at the Globe Theatre in London and was voted New York's Best Foreign Play in 1962. In 1966 it was made into an Academy Award-winning film by Fred Zinneman starring Paul Scofield.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

The classic play about Sir Thomas More, the Lord chancellor who refused to compromise and was executed by Henry VIII.

About the Author

Robert Bolt (1924–1995) was distinguished as one of the most successful British writers of his generation. Bolt was an English playwright who earned a degree in history from Manchester University in 1949 and intended to be a school teacher after serving in the Royal Air Force. The incredible success of his first play, Flowering Cherry (staged in 1957/1958), drove Bolt into becoming a full-time playwright. Robert Bolt is best known for his most successful play, A Man for All Seasons (staged in 1960), which won five Tony Awards, starring Paul Scofield on Broadway. Bolt himself wrote the film version, adapted in 1966 for director Fred Zinnemann. The motion picture received six Oscars, including an award for Best Screenplay.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0413703800
• ISBN 13: 9780413703804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128