A Man for All Seasons. (McCormick's Quick Takes).A Man for All Seasons This article is about the play. For other uses, see A Man for All Seasons (disambiguation). A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, but after Bolt's success with (Columbia, 1966). Director Fred Zinnemann Noun 1. Fred Zinnemann - United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997) Zinnemann , writer Robert Bolt, and leading man Paul Scofield all took home Oscars for their work on this Academy Award-winning picture about Saint Thomas More's (Scofield) decision to oppose King Henry VIII's (Robert Shaw) divorce and remarriage Re`mar´riage n. 1. A second or repeated marriage. Noun 1. remarriage - the act of marrying again . In Bolt's play-become-a-film, More is a complex character, struggling to balance loyalty to his king and fealty fealty: see feudalism. to his church. But in the end Henry will have him choose the king or die, and More must face the most troubling and costly decision of anyone's life. Even 36 years later, several of More's speeches still prick and haunt the conscience. |
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