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Much like William Shakespeare's history plays, Wolf Hall takes history (in this case, history that happened just before Shakespeare's time) and retells it via the sensibilities of modern authors. However, much like plays like Julius Caesar and The Henriad, the dramatic liberties novelist Hillary Mantel and
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In one of the most remarkable episodes of Wolf Hall's first season, Hillary Mantel takes the plot of the famous Oscar-winning film A Man For All Seasons and argues that actually, Thomas More was a self-centered fool. Meanwhile, Anne may have nurtured her way to be queen, but
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As Wolf Hall reaches its midpoint, Thomas Cromwell has lost his protector in Wolsey and needs to find a way to keep himself at the king's right hand, lest Henry suddenly turn on him. What better way than to hook one's self to a rising star?
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If the first episode of Wolf Hall was setting up a giant chess board for the Great Game to play out, this week, the power players begin to make their moves. Whereas last week spent an hour slowly building to the arrival of the main focus of our tale, Anne
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Masterpiece has announced that the highly anticipated sequel series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will premiere in March. The six-part drama is a sequel to the Emmy-nominated Wolf Hall and is based on the final installment in Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel's critically acclaimed trilogy of
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Welcome to Wolf Hall, the world of 16th-century politics and intrigue. It is 1529, and the issue of King Henry VIII's first marriage is coming to a head. And, as the opening placard tells us, the king is not a forgiving man. Cromwell: The rumor is the king
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The dog days of August are upon us, and while streaming has mostly changed the TV season so that no one takes summers off anymore, PBS is still a linear network at heart, and most of its shows run on the old September-May TV season, with a set of mysteries
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On Sunday, May 5, 2024, the BBC announced that actor Bernard Hill had passed away at the age of 79. Most Americans first saw Hill in the 1997 smash hit Titanic. In it, he played the ill-fated Captain Edward J. Smith, the man who led the ocean liner on her
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When people think of period dramas, they often think of something very specific: lavish stories set in Jolly Olde England, usually centered around the murderous whims of King Henry VIII, the generally tragic lives of his wives who deserved better, or the triumphal reign of his second daughter, Elizabeth. And
British Actors You Should Know
Damian Watcyn Lewis, born in St. John’s Wood, London, in 1971, defines himself on his website as “an actor, dad, redhead, and ping-pong champion.” He’s the son of Charlotte Mary (née Bowater) and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His illustrious paternal ancestry includes a former Lord Mayor
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Masterpiece gave a rundown of the 2024 schedule of British shows coming to PBS on Sunday nights at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, starting with March 2024's Nolly, and mentioning several anticipated titles, including Moonflower Murders. However, when it came to two of the most significant
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Jonathan Pryce is an actor almost everyone likely recognizes, yet who somehow has never reached the heights of fame he's likely deserved as a performer. Having starred in everything from prestige films, blockbuster franchises, and popular television series to Broadway musicals and West End Shakespeare, the man has