Title
Files
Playwright
Robert Bolt
Performance Dates
March 6-9, 1969
Creative Team
Director - Charles Dodrill
Designer-Technical Director
Synopsis
A Man For All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, and a one-hour live television version starring Bernard Hepton was produced in 1957 by the BBC, but after Bolt's success with The Flowering Cherry, he reworked it for the stage.
The plot is based on the true story of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Chancellor of England, who refused to endorse King Henry VIII's wish to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, who did not bear him a son, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, the sister of his former mistress. The play portrays More as a man of principle, envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell and loved by the common people and by his family.
A Man for All Seasons. (2017, August 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16:29, September 1, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Man_for_All_Seasons&oldid=797646103
Disciplines
Acting | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
Otterbein Theatre, Performing Arts, College Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "A Man for All Seasons" (1969). 1968-1969 Season. 5.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1968-1969/5