Wolf Hall (stage version)
- Full Length Play, Drama, Docudrama/Historic, 16th Century / Elizabethan
- 15M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780007590148
Thomas Cromwell. Son of a blacksmith, political genius, briber, charmer, bully. A man with a deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Docudrama/Historic
- Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Target Audience: Adult
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
Thomas Cromwell. Son of a blacksmith, political genius, briber, charmer, bully. A man with a deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.
Mike Poulton’s two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is a thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.
The first part, Wolf Hall, begins in England in 1527. Henry has been King for almost twenty years and is desperate for a male heir; but Cardinal Wolsey is unable to deliver the divorce he craves. Yet for a man with the right talents this crisis would be an opportunity. Thomas Cromwell is a commoner who has rised in Wolsey's household - and he will stop at nothing to secure the King's desires and advance his own ambitions.
Published in a volumes with Bring Up the Bodies.
REVIEWS:
Thomas Cromwell. Son of a blacksmith, political genius, briber, charmer, bully. A man with a deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.
Mike Poulton’s two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies is a thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.
The first part, Wolf Hall, begins in England in 1527. Henry has been King for almost twenty years and is desperate for a male heir; but Cardinal Wolsey is unable to deliver the divorce he craves. Yet for a man with the right talents this crisis would be an opportunity. Thomas Cromwell is a commoner who has rised in Wolsey's household - and he will stop at nothing to secure the King's desires and advance his own ambitions.
Published in a volumes with Bring Up the Bodies.
REVIEWS:
"A gripping piece of narrative theatre... this is history made manifest."
The Guardian
"Mike Poulton's script brings the intrigues and political machinations to the stage with clarity, wit and plenty of very welcome humour... an exemplary piece of work."
WhatsOnStage
"Enthralling... splendidly entertaining and at times deeply touching."
Telegraph
Premiere Production:
RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Characters
- Casting: 15M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Room for Extras, Expandable casting
