A Man for All Seasons (1964)

Directed by

William Sterling

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

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How it feels

Thomas More, a trusted advisor to King Henry VIII, refuses to support the king's plan to divorce his wife and marry Anne Boleyn. This puts More at odds with the king and leads to a clash between his conscience and his duty to the crown.

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What happens

A Man for All Seasons is a 1964 Australian television play. It is an adaptation of the play by Robert Bolt. It was directed by William Sterling who thought the play was "the finest in construction and conception on the large heroic scale to come out of England since the War. Bolt has captured the seething historical background of the period as well as conceiving magnificent character studies of famous people of the time." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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