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A Man for all Seasons. Play. Writers: Robert Bolt. Overview. Show Information. Book. Robert Bolt. Category. Play. Number of Acts. Tony Award®. Best Play 1962. First Produced. 1960. Genres. Drama, Historical/Biographical. Settings. Period, Multiple Settings. Time & Place. England, 1530s. Cast Size. medium. Orchestra Size. None. Dancing. None.
First Drafts. A Man For All Seasons was originally a radio play written for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) which aired in 1954. The best study guide to A Man for All Seasons on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need.
A short summary of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of A Man for All Seasons.
Act 1. The play begins sometime in the late 1520s with a conversation between Thomas More and his friend Richard Rich. More dislikes bribes and being in the public eye, whereas Rich cannot wait to increase his social status from his current position as a poor academic.
by Robert Bolt. The Play. PDF Cite Share. A Man for All Seasons opens in the home of Sir Thomas More, a respected counselor to the king, at a time when England is rife with rumors that...
In Robert Bolt. Bolt’s most successful play was A Man for All Seasons, a study of the fatal struggle between Henry VIII of England and his lord chancellor, Sir Thomas More, over issues of religion, power, and conscience. The play drew intense acclaim in productions at London (1960) and New York City (1961). Read More. film adaptation.
Bolt begins his preface to A Man for All Seasons by announcing that the story on which he bases his play is well known. In 1509, King Henry VIII married his brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragón (Spain), thereby cementing his then-tenuous alliance with Spain.
