Category: Print Media
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light Review – Cromwell’s So Menacing
– Masterstroke in a Magnificent Drama – by Christopher Stevens | Daily Mail | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars Courtiers who should be telling him, ‘With these Ferrero Rocher chocolate balls, you are spoiling us!’ are instead issuing veiled death threats. Diplomat Eustace Chapuys is a crucial figure, because it is his…
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The Mirror and the Light is Glorious
– Blood Has Been Spilled – by Rachael Sigee | iNews | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars This adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s final novel does justice to her ingenious ability to draw out nuance of Tudor politics. It was something of a miracle when, back in 2015, Mark Rylance submerged us in…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 1 Review – Wreckage
– Head in Lion’s Mouth – by Louisa Mellor | Den of Geek | November 10, 2024 After almost a decade, hooray for the BBC returning to the perilous political world of Thomas Cromwell. Peter Straughan and Peter Kosminsky’s exquisite, careful adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy is finally back after almost a decade after…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Review – Six Hours of Utter TV Magic
– More Man, Less Monolith – by Lucy Mangan | The Guardian | November 10, 2024 Five out of Five Stars The final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s masterpiece is the most intricate television you are ever likely to see. It is so beautifully made it’s breathtaking. It seems pleasingly apropos that it is almost impossible…
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Gossip is a Currency: The Precarious Lives of Tudor Women in Wolf Hall
– High Stakes Game of Survival – by Katie Rosseinsky | The Independent | November 10, 2024 Life as a woman in the court of Henry VIII was a high-stakes game of survival. As the final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s Tudor trilogy comes to BBC One, Katie Rosseinsky speaks to the performers who play some of the…
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Wolf Hall Season 2 Review: End of Tudor Saga Proves to be Well Worth the Wait
– Prestige TV and Machiavellian Masterpiece – by Jon O’Brien | Radio Times | November 10, 2024 Four out of Five Stars The first season of Wolf Hall, which debuted in 2015, appeared to foreshadow all the political upheaval that’s occurred in the subsequent nine years: a monumental fallout with Europe, the unstoppable rise to power of…
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How Hilary Mantel’s Genius Shaped Wolf Hall After Her Death
– Most Riveting and Richly Textured Drama – by Johanna Thomas-Corr | The Times | November 10, 2024 The director Peter Kosminsky reveals how his detailed email exchanges with the author were a goldmine when making the BBC drama The Mirror and the Light. When Hilary Mantel was writing The Mirror and the Light, the final…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – The Titanic Tudor Drama is the Best TV You’ll See All Year
– Damian’s Henry is Outstanding – by Joel Golby | The Guardian | November 9, 2024 The cast are so incredible that even the bit parts feel like stars of the future. Peter Kosminsky’s rich, clever adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels needs to be plunged into without distraction. It has been nine years since the…