Tag: Hilary Mantel
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Wolf Hall Returns With a Fiery Henry VIII and Wise Counsellor Thomas Cromwell by His Side
– Still the Crown Jewel – by Ginny Dougary | Radio Times | November 9-16, 2024 Issue Excerpts from Feature Article: Star Damian Lewis and director Peter Kosminsky slip into character for Radio Times after almost ten years of the BBC historical drama Wolf Hall. Henry VIII is the character Damian Lewis plays in BBC1’s…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Review – A Sumptuous Return to the Political Snake Pit
– Buckle Up – by Carol Midgley | The Times | November 5, 2024 Four out of Five Stars Can it really be almost a decade since Claire Foy’s Anne Boleyn was led trembling to the scaffold in whipping wind to part company with her head? What a terrible scene, so brilliantly executed in Wolf Hall, the…
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Riveting, Dynamic and Blood Good Fun – Wolf Hall is a Tudor Drama That Beheads Expectations
– Enemies and Advocates Alike – by Nick Hilton | The Independent | November 5, 2024 Four out of Five Stars The course of English history is often mapped out against its Kings and Queens. The Normans, bringing European modernity to a savage isle; the Plantagenets, turning the nation into an international superpower; the Victorians,…
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Wolf Hall Season Two TV Review: The Majestic Return of BBC’s Superlative Tudor Drama
– Rich, Textured Performances – by Dan Einav | The Financial Times | November 5, 2024 Five out of Five Stars King Henry VIII oversaw a break from Papal Rome, established an independent Church of England and remarried, twice, in roughly the same span of time it took for Wolf Hall to come back. The…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, BBC One, Review: This is the Drama of the Year
– Six More Hours of Opulent Television – by Chris Bennion | The Telegraph | November 5, 2024 Five out of Five Stars A lot has changed since early 2015, when Wolf Hall was last on our screens. The UK has been through six prime ministers. President Trump came and went (and may come again before this…
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Wolf Hall Review: His Maniacal Majesty is a Growing Volcano
– No Friend is Safe – Five out of Five Stars by Christopher Stevens | Daily Mail | November 4, 2024 For all his jewels, his furs and finery, his procession of wives and legions of flatterers, the all-powerful Henry VIII lacked one essential item – a selfie stick. As the splendid Tudor drama Wolf…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light Photocall
– Making the Publicity Rounds – Damian and his Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light castmates Sir Colin Callender, Joss Porter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Charlie Rowe, Tom Mothersdale, Kate Phillips, Lilit Lesser, Will Tudor, Lydia Leonard, Harry Melling, and Director Peter Kosminsky attended a photocall and premiere with panel discussion for the upcoming second season of the…
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light London Premiere
– Riveting, Dynamic and Bloody – Damian, along with his castmates and Director Peter Kosminsky, attended the London premiere and panel discussion of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light on November 4, 2024 at British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank in London, England for the upcoming second season of the series. Audience members rave it…