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A Man for All Seasons

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Author Robert Bolt
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Knopf | Vintage
On sale Apr 14, 1990 | 192 Pages | 9780679728221
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Bolt's classic play is a brilliant dramatization of the historic confrontation between Sir Thomas Moore and King Henry VIII, which ultimately led to Moore's execution in 1535. A Man for All Seasons is first and foremost a compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions, whom Samuel Johnson described as "the person of the greatest virtue these islands ever produced."
Robert Bolt (1924–1995) was distinguished as one of the most successful British writers of his generation. Bolt was an English playwright who earned a degree in history from Manchester University in 1949 and intended to be a school teacher after serving in the Royal Air Force. The incredible success of his first play, Flowering Cherry (staged in 1957/1958), drove Bolt into becoming a full-time playwright. Robert Bolt is best known for his most successful play, A Man for All Seasons (staged in 1960), which won five Tony Awards, starring Paul Scofield on Broadway. Bolt himself wrote the film version, adapted in 1966 for director Fred Zinnemann. The motion picture received six Oscars, including an award for Best Screenplay. View titles by Robert Bolt

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Bolt's classic play is a brilliant dramatization of the historic confrontation between Sir Thomas Moore and King Henry VIII, which ultimately led to Moore's execution in 1535. A Man for All Seasons is first and foremost a compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions, whom Samuel Johnson described as "the person of the greatest virtue these islands ever produced."

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Robert Bolt (1924–1995) was distinguished as one of the most successful British writers of his generation. Bolt was an English playwright who earned a degree in history from Manchester University in 1949 and intended to be a school teacher after serving in the Royal Air Force. The incredible success of his first play, Flowering Cherry (staged in 1957/1958), drove Bolt into becoming a full-time playwright. Robert Bolt is best known for his most successful play, A Man for All Seasons (staged in 1960), which won five Tony Awards, starring Paul Scofield on Broadway. Bolt himself wrote the film version, adapted in 1966 for director Fred Zinnemann. The motion picture received six Oscars, including an award for Best Screenplay. View titles by Robert Bolt

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