by Robert Bolt · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780394703213
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«A Man for All Seasons» is the historical play by Robert Bolt, published by Vintage in paperback (114 pages, in English).
The play dramatises the dilemma of Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of Henry VIII, when his loyalty to the king clashes with his religious and moral convictions. Faced with pressure to accept the royal divorce and the break with Rome, he defends his conscience and ultimately pays with his life. The text addresses conscience, power and corruption.
Originally published in 1960, it received the 1962 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play.
Recommended for readers of classic theatre and historical drama, and for those studying the conflict between conscience and power.
Robert Oxton Bolt was an English playwright and a screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also was the recipient of a Tony Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
