Tag: Hilary Mantel
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Hilary Mantel Hopeful Damian and Mark Rylance Will Return to Their Wolf Hall Roles
Henry and Cromwell by Rebecca Jones | BBC News | May 20, 2021 Dame Hilary, 68, is a shrewd observer of political drama that spans the ages. “I think what my books have tried to show is that there is no life without politics,” she says. She has been immersed in Tudor politics for more…
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PBS Masterpiece Hopeful To Be Involved with BBC’s Wolf Hall – Jan 9, 2021
PBS Wants Damian Back for Wolf Hall by Peter White | Deadline | January 8, 2021 PBS’ Masterpiece, which has been home to classic British dramas including Downton Abbey, Upstairs, Downstairs, Prime Suspect and the original House of Cards, turns 50 on January 10. Susanne Simpson, an exec producer on series including Downton Abbey, took…
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Masterpiece (PBS/BBC) Favorites of a More Recent Vintage – Jan 8, 2021
Two for Damian: Wolf Hall and The Forsyte Saga by Matthew Gilbert | Boston Globe | January 7, 2021 Here are some of my favorite Masterpiece shows, in no particular order. I have restricted the list to those that have aired in the past 25 years, which is why you won’t see the well-known classics,…
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100 Best Miniseries Of All Time – Aug 17, 2020
Wolf Hall Has It All by Joni Sweet | Lake Geneva Regional News | August 17, 2020 With shelter-at-home orders still in effect, the pandemic has left us with little more to do than veg out in front of the TV. Data released from Comcast in May showed that the average household watched some 66…
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Wolf Hall Sequel Update – Feb 25, 2020
The Mirror and the Light: TV Adaptation Has Begun by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | February 25, 2020 According to this February 25, 2020 article in the Radio Times, “Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky has apparently already been sent the manuscript for Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited sequel The Mirror and the Light – and the work of…
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Wolf Hall Voted Britain’s Favorite Historical Novel – Jan 20, 2020
Walter Scott Prize by Eleanor Sharples | Daily Mail | January 20, 2020 When it comes to royal history, you can’t beat the Tudors for scandal and intrigue – though the Windsors are putting in a spirited effort. So perhaps it should come as little surprise that Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall has been named as…
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Wolf Hall Streaming This November – Nov 7, 2019
Set Your Calendar for November 10 by Stephanie Prange | Media Play News | November 7, 2019 In November PBS Distribution is debuting seven new programs on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel, including the entire series (all four seasons) of Mr. Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven and Wolf Hall with Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance.…
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TV bosses pounce on delayed final novel in Wolf Hall trilogy
The Mirror and The Light Matthew Moore, Media Correspondent | David Sanderson, Arts Correspondent I The Times I May 25, 2019 The book is several years behind schedule but a television adaptation of the final instalment of Dame Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy is already under way. The team behind the acclaimed BBC adaptations of the…