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A Man for All Seasons (1960) – involves Sir Thomas More's conflict with Henry VIII over the latter's break with the Catholic Church. Adapted from a radio play Bolt had written in 1954, it is generally regarded as Bolt's finest work – and certainly his most successful.
Jun 21, 2020 · In this bonus episode of Criteria, Thomas asks attorney and scholar Louis Karlin whether Robert Bolt’s play and film A Man for All Seasons accurately depict St. Thomas More’s views on the...
Jun 7, 2015 · Bolt’s two most famous works, however, focus on the clash between sacred and secular power within a Catholic context. A Man for All Seasons, was first written as a radio play, Bolt expanded it into a successful stage play and adapted it to become a fine film directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Jun 19, 2020 · The film adaptation of Robert Bolt’s award-winning play about St. Thomas More, A Man for All Seasons, swept the floor at the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director,...
Aug 24, 2014 · What Robert Bolt gave us, in the fictional Thomas More, was a man of an Age – but of our Age, or our epoch. What he screened out was the man connected to the enduring laws, the one who truly was a “Man for All Seasons.”
The atheist, Robert Bolt, the martyr, Sir Thomas More, and I met in a Houston college classroom decades ago. Recently, we Catholics celebrated the feast day of St. Thomas More, rekindling the friendship I feel with playwright Robert Bolt and his man for all seasons, St. Thomas More.
Aug 13, 2021 · The Mission was written by Robert Bolt (A Man for All Seasons, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago) and directed by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, There Be Dragons).
