Casting has been confirmed for Robert Bolt’s award-winning play, A Man for All Seasons…
One of the greatest, most powerful and dangerous figures who shaped English history is brought vividly to life at Theatre Royal Bath next month, before touring to Chichester, Malvern, Cheltenham, Oxford, Guildford, Canterbury, and Richmond.
The cast is led by Martin Shaw as Sir Thomas More, and Gary Wilmot as The Common Man.
One of the UK’s best-loved actors on stage and screen, Martin Shaw is known to millions for his television roles in Judge John Deed, Inspector George Gently and The Professionals. His recent West End stage appearances include Hobson’s Choice, The Best Man and Twelve Angry Men. Gary Wilmot’s career as one of the UK’s best- loved entertainers has seen him take on iconic West End roles in Me & My Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Wicked.
Martin Shaw stars as Sir Thomas More – scholar, ambassador, Lord Chancellor and friend to King Henry VIII. Above all, he is a man of integrity, loved by the common people and his own family. When Henry demands a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, clearing the way for him to marry Anne Boleyn, the staunchly Catholic Thomas is forced to choose between his loyalty and his own conscience, committing an incredible act of defiance for which he eventually pays the ultimate price…
Playwright Robert Bolt won an Oscar for the 1966 screen adaptation of A Man for All Seasons, other notable credits include Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago.
Also appearing is Edward Bennett portraying Thomas Cromwell, Abigail Cruttenden playing Alice More and Nicholas Day as Cardinal Wolsey. Completing the cast is Huw Brentall, Calum Finlay as Richard Rich, Orlando James as Henry VIII), Hari Kang as Attendant to Signor Chapuys, Asif Khan as Signor Chapuys, Annie Kingsnorth as Margaret More, Andrew McDonald, Sam Parks as Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, Sam Phillips as William Roper, Louisa Sexton as A Woman and Timothy Watson as Norfolk.
The production is presented by Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions.
A Man for All Seasons
Thursday 16 January – Saturday 25 January 2025
Theatre Royal Bath
theatreroyal.org.uk
