Thomas More (NHB Classic Plays) - Softcover

Munday, Anthony; Shakespeare, William; Chettle, Henry

 
9781854598592: Thomas More (NHB Classic Plays)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1854598597 ISBN 13: 9781854598592
Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2005

Synopsis

RSC Gunpowder Season – explosive Elizabethan and Jacobean dramas of dissent, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2005.

The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon - in a version that shows the hand of Shakespeare, and yet was banned from performance in his lifetime.

In Thomas More, a play by Antony Munday, William Shakespeare and Henry Chettle, race riots flare up in London in response to the numbers of asylum seekers from Europe fleeing religious persecution. In an attempt to quell the uprising, Thomas More stakes all on a passionate plea for racial harmony.

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About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet and playwright of some renown.

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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1854598597
ISBN 13 
9781854598592
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112