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Sir Thomas More is an Elizabethan play and a dramatic biography based on events in the life of the Catholic martyr Thomas More, who rose to become the Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. The play is considered to be written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle and revised by several writers.
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, [1] but after Bolt's success with The Flowering Cherry, he reworked it for the stage.
A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 British historical drama film directed and produced by Fred Zinnemann, adapted by Robert Bolt from his play of the same name.It depicts the final years of Sir Thomas More, the 16th-century Lord Chancellor of England who refused both to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII of England's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and to take an Oath of ...
Thomas More: Jeremy Northam (2007–2008) Thomas More: Episode 1.01 Episode 2.05 A longtime friend of Henry VIII, a pious Christian lawyer and a family man. More abhors war and tried to advise Henry against it, but nevertheless believes that stern action is required to combat the rise of Lutheranism.
A Man for All Seasons is a 1988 American made-for-television drama film about St. Thomas More, directed by and starring Charlton Heston.It is based on the play of the same name by Robert Bolt, which was previously adapted in the Academy Award winning 1966 film A Man for All Seasons.
Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, [2] was an English lawyer, judge, [3] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. [4] He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. [5]
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In 2007 and 2008, he portrayed Thomas More on the Showtime series, The Tudors. [6] He played John Brodie Innes in the 2009 film Creation, [1] based on the life of Charles Darwin. In the 2015 film The Man Who Knew Infinity, [1] he portrayed the philosopher Bertrand Russell.