Booker win boosts 'Wolf Hall' Oct 25, 2009
Henry's reign has inspired fictional treatments from the acclaimed play and film "A Man for All Seasons" to the soapy TV series "The Tudors." It's a dramatic era that saw England transformed from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant nation, from medieval kingdom to emerging modern state ... His sinister reputation was reinforced by Cromwell's villainous depiction in "A Man for All Seasons," Robert Bolt's 1960s play about statesman and Catholic saint Thomas More, who was executed for treason after... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Joan Acocella on Hilary Mantel Oct 12, 2009
Good examples are Robert Bolt s 1960 play, A Man for All Seasons, and the 1966 movie that Fred Zinnemann based on it, both with Paul Scofield, as a saintly More, and Leo McKern, as Cromwell, the very picture of skulking evil. Shortly before Bolt s play, though, the eminent British historian G. R. Elton had begun claiming, in successive writings on the Tudors, that Cromwell wasn t so bad. (New Yorker)
A funny-ish thing happened to comedy Oct 9, 2009
Some genius at MTC looked at director Doug Hughes' credits -- "Doubt," "A Man for All Seasons," "Inherit the Wind" -- and thought: This guy can bring in the laughs ... Some genius at MTC looked at director Doug Hughes' credits -- "Doubt," "A Man for All Seasons," "Inherit the Wind" -- and thought: This guy can bring in the laughs. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Armando Iannucci’s ‘In the Loop’ skewers British government at machine-gun speed Jul 19, 2009
He read English at Oxford, wrote a column for The Guardian, and wrapped himself in classical music while becoming a man for all seasons in British television and radio. In the Loop was born out of The Thick of It, a wildly popular British TV series Iannucci co-wrote and directed that savaged the political players at the top of British government with glee and a venom unknown in this country. (Boston Globe)
It's just not cricket Mar 22, 2009
Remember the exchange in the play A Man for All Seasons. Cranmer likens the law to trees, saying he would cut down every law in England to get at the devil. (BBC News -- UK)
Redgrave actors span the generations Mar 20, 2009
Corin Redgrave: A winner of the U.K.'s Olivier Award for his performance in Tennessee Williams' Not for Nightingales he also won a Tony nomination for the Broadway transfer Corin, 69, is a veteran of Shakespeare and of films including A Man for All Seasons and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Joely Richardson: TV audiences are familiar with Natasha's surviving sister, 44, from her role on the FX series Nip/Tuck. (USA Today -- Life)
Moonlight Theater to honor Nanninga Mar 6, 2009
Over the years, Nanninga performed in multiple Moonlight productions, including "The Taming of the Shrew," "A Man for All Seasons," "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," "The Spitfire Grill," "Lucky Stiff" and "Room Service." He also performed in several productions at MiraCosta College. "He was well respected at Moonlight for being the 'go-to' guy who could handle small or large character roles and immerse himself in studying carefully to find new discoveries within a character," Brombacher said. (North County Times)
Whats a fair offer for Glavine? Feb 13, 2009
A Man For All Seasons. February 12th, 20093:16 pm. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
