Tag: Harriet Walter
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Wolf Hall Music: Live Performance + Q&A with Composer + Signing
– The Locrian Ensemble + Debbie Wiseman – When: Friday, December 13, 2024Where: Rough Trade East – Old Truman Brewery, 150 Brick Lane, LondonDoors Open: 7:00 p.m. GMTPerformance: 8:00 p.m. GMTQ&A and Signing: 9:00 p.m. GMTCost: From £17 Join us for a special evening at Rough Trade East celebrating the release of the highly anticipated…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Recap – Episode 2 Obedience
– The King Never Does an Unpleasant Thing – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 18, 2024 “The King never does an unpleasant thing. Lord Cromwell does it for him.” — Queen Jane Episode 2 Obedience opens with a refresher from the first series reminding us of Cardinal Wolsey’s fall. When…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Episode 2 Review – Obedience
– Wriggling Free of Henry’s Noose – by Lousia Mellor | Den of Geek | November 17, 2024 If only Hilary Mantel had lived 10 lifetimes, she might have rehabilitated 10 other historical figures as skillfully as she did Thomas Cromwell. Mantel overwrote history’s shorthand for Cromwell, transforming him from a venal brute into a flesh-and-blood man…
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Wolf Hall Music: Debbie Wiseman is Influenced by the Past, But Not Constrained by It
– The Soundworld of Wolf Hall – by Florence Lockheart | Classical Music | November 12, 2024 The first episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the hotly anticipated sequel to the BBC’s 2014 dramatisation of Hilary Mantel’s historical novel, premiered earlier this week. British composer Debbie Wiseman, who created the show’s famous…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light Recap – Episode 1 Wreckage
– Henry’s Paranoia Reaches New Heights – by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | November 11, 2024 “So, good Privy Seal, as you love me and love my service, you will bring this matter to a conclusion.” – Henry VIII I have said it before and will say it again. Wolf Hall is…
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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…