WOLF HALL
and BRING UP THE BODIES
Adapted for the stage by
Mike Poulton
From the novels by
Hilary Mantel
With an introduction by Mike Poultonand character notes by Hilary Mantel
NICK HERN BOOKS
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These stage adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies first published in Great Britain as a paperback original in 2014 jointly by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
This revised edition published in 2014
This ebook edition first published in 2014
Wolf Hall (novel) copyright © 2009 Tertius Enterprises Ltd Bring Up the Bodies (novel) copyright © 2012 Tertius Enterprises Ltd Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (two plays) copyright © 2013, 2014 Mike Poulton and Tertius Enterprises Ltd Introduction copyright © 2014 Mike Poulton Notes on Characters copyright © 2014 Tertius Enterprises Ltd
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Source ISBN: 9780007590148
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Version 2019-06-10
Contents
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Notes on Characters by Hilary Mantel
These adaptations of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies were originally commissioned by Playful Productions and were first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 11 December 2013. The productions transferred to the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 1 May 2014, presented by Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis and Nick Salmon for Playful Productions and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bartner/Tulchin Productions and Georgia Gatti for Playful Productions. The cast was as follows:
| MARK SMEATON | Joey Batey |
| CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLK | Nicholas Boulton |
| KATHERINE OF ARAGON/JANE BOLEYN, LADY ROCHFORD | Lucy Briers |
| JANE SEYMOUR/PRINCESS MARY/LADY WORCESTER | Leah Brotherhead |
| MARY BOLEYN/LIZZIE WYKYS/MARY SHELTON | Olivia Darnley |
| THOMAS HOWARD, DUKE OF NORFOLK | Nicholas Day |
| ENSEMBLE | Mathew Foster |
| GREGORY CROMWELL | Daniel Fraser |
| BARGE MASTER/WOLSEY’S SERVANT | Benedict Hastings |
| LADY IN WAITING/MAID/MARJORIE SEYMOUR | Madeleine Hyland |
| CARDINAL WOLSEY/SIR JOHN SEYMOUR/SIR WILLIAM KINGSTON/ARCHBISHOP WARHAM | Paul Jesson |
| ANNE BOLEYN | Lydia Leonard |
| ENSEMBLE | Robert MacPherson |
| THOMAS CROMWELL | Ben Miles |
| CHRISTOPHE/FRANCIS WESTON | Pierro Niél Mee |
| KING HENRY VIII | Nathaniel Parker |
| GEORGE BOLEYN, LORD ROCHFORD/EDWARD SEYMOUR | Oscar Pearce |
| STEPHEN GARDINER/EUSTACHE CHAPUYS | Matthew Pidgeon |
| THOMAS MORE/HENRY NORRIS | John Ramm |
| HARRY PERCY/WILLIAM BRERETON | Nicholas Shaw |
| RAFE SADLER | Joshua Silver |
| THOMAS CRANMER/THOMAS BOLEYN/PACKINGTON/FRENCH AMBASSADOR | Giles Taylor |
| THOMAS WYATT/HEADSMAN | Jay Taylor |
| MUSICIANS | Rob Millett,Greg Knowles,Adam CrossDario Rossetti-BonellCatherine Groom |
| All other parts played by members of the company. | |
| Director | Jeremy
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