A Man For All Seasons 30th Oct – 2nd Nov 2024
The Green Room, the Organic Farm Shop in Cirencester
The inaugural production of Apollo Theatricals will be Robert Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons guaranteed to stir your prejudices or sympathies for Henry VIII’s method of ruling the country and to evoke your reactions to the way in which Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England, was punished for his personal view of the monarch’s regime. Many of the cast are well known locally from highly successful productions such as Macbeth (Bonzo Productions, Chedworth), The Tempest (Cotswold Arcadians, Hatherop) and The Sound of Music (Bonzo Productions, Chedworth).
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Written in 1960 by Robert Bolt, the play tells the story of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) who was a man who stuck doggedly to his pious principles and moral convictions when Henry VIII wanted, at any price, to divorce his wife in order to marry Anne Boleyn and to proclaim himself the head of the Church of England. A Man For All Seasons is a heady concoction of court corruption with Sir Thomas glued to his personal dogma in the face of strenuous opposition, even though the consequences were catastrophic for him and his family. Many of the plays themes have strong echoes in today’s media environment – false news, outcomes/elections at any cost, do as I say not as I do, morality versus pragmatism and double standards. ‘Twas ever thus.
A madman or a paragon of virtue? Prepare to be moved by this thought-provoking theatrical experience.
Robert Bolt is famed for writing the script of the film Lawrence of Arabia and his talent is no less in evidence in A Man For All Seasons. Bolt’s A Man For All Seasons was made into a film in 1966 – starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Susannah York and Vanessa Redgrave – which won six Oscars.
Further information
Artistic Director, Jacquelyne Morison, encourages readers to register interest via the Apollo Theatricals website (www.apollotheatricals.co.uk) as an audience
member, a prospective actor or a front-of-house official.
Further information from director Jacquelyne Morison jacquelyne.morison@btinternet.com 07555 421580 or
Dave Whittles davewhittles@gmail.com 01285 650930 : 07864 265653
