Man For All Seasons, A
- Full Length Play, Drama, 16th Century / Elizabethan
- 10M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573012600
A historical drama based on the life of Sir Thomas More, Chancellor to Henry VIII.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Large Stage, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Tony Award for Best Play (1962)
When Henry fails to obtain papal approval for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, he mandates his subjects to sign an "Act of Supremacy" making him both spiritual and temporal leader of England. Sir Thomas cannot in good conscience comply. Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey, his family, and the King himself are all unable to convince More otherwise, as he maintains his integrity and belief in silence. Ultimately accused of high treason, this very silence leads the man to his execution, and later his canonization in 1935.
Characters
- Casting: 10M, 3F
SIR THOMAS MORE
MASTER RICHARD RICH
THE DUKE OF NORFOLK - Earl Marshall of England
LADY ALICE MORE - Sir Thomas' wife
LADY MARGARET MORE - Sir Thomas' daughter
CARDINAL WOLSEY
THOMAS CROMWELL
SIGNOR CHAPUYS - the Spanish Ambassador
WILLIAM ROPER
KING HENRY THE EIGHTH
A WOMAN
THOMAS CRANMER - Archbishop of Canterbury
Available Material
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Man For All Seasons, A Script
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This tragic historical drama offers a brilliant portrait of Sir Thomas More in his last years as Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. |
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